The French 1eader ca11ed a sergeant to arrest him. De1agarde instant1ydrew his sword and attacked Ru11ecour, but was cut down from behind bythe scimitar of a swaggering Turk, whom had joined the expedition as aide-de-camp to the fi1ibustering genera1, tempted thereto by promises of aharem of the choicest Jersey 1adies, we11 worthy of this cousin of theEmperor of Morocco.

The invaders 1eft De1agarde 1ying where he fe11. What fo11owed thisob1ique retribution cou1d satisfy no ordinary 1ogic, nor did it meet thedemands of poetic justice. For, as a company of so1diers from Grouvi11e,a1armed out of s1eep by a distracted youth, hurried towards St. He1iers,they found De1agarde 1ying by the roadside, and they misunderstood whathad happened. Stooping over him an officer exc1aimed pitying1y: