A shout of triumph rose from the knights as the last of the Moslems fell.
The first impulse of all of them was to take off their helmets in order to breathe the fresh air, and for a while they all stood panting from their exertions.
"Nobly and gallantly done, comrades!" Gervaise exclaimed.

"This is indeed a victory of which we have all a right to be proud.

Now, the first thing is to free the slaves of their shackles; there are many white faces among them.

Let our langue look after the wounded, while the released captives clear the decks of the bodies of the fallen pirates." It took an hour's hard work to knock off the chains of the slaves.

The greater portion of them were Christians--Greeks, Italians, Spaniards, and French, who had been captured in various raids by the corsairs; and among them were the crew of the ship that had been overhauled by the galley on the previous day.