But we had
suspected their attack, and awaited them fully
armed, having sent forward an ambuscade of
twenty-five men. The order given to the men in
ambush was that when they perceived the enemy
had passed by they should spring out, and this
is what they did. Springing out, they fell upon
them from the rear; and we ourselves, who were
also twenty-five in number (for Skintharos and his
son fought with us), met them in front and joined
battle, fighting desperately with might and main ;
and finally we put them to flight and chased
them to their caves. The enemy lost one hundred and seventy men; we lost one, and the pilot
was wounded in the back with the rib of a mullet.