Daaga was dragging the militiaman away, when Adjutant Rousseau came to his assistance, and placed a sword to Daaga's breast.

An attempt to embody two thousand militiamen by ballot was a dead failure.

At Lexington, the British found a few militiamen drawn up on the village green.

They were obliged to remain on the defensive, while Portuguese galleys cruised off the island, making occasional raids, killing a militiaman or two, and burning villages.