One of these shouted out: "Surrender, or you are all dead men.

A strong force surrounds you on both sides, and my officers, whom you see, will give orders to their men, who will loose such an avalanche of rocks that you will all be swept away." "It is only the men who escaped us," the chief cried; "push forward at once." But the instant the movement began the Carthaginians all shouted orders, and a great number of rocks came bounding down, proving that they were obeyed by an invisible army.

Several of the mountaineers were crushed by the stones, and the old chief, struck by a great rock in the chest, fell dead.

A Carthaginian standing next to Malchus was also slain.
The tribesmen gave a cry of terror.

Hand to hand they were ready to fight valiantly, but this destruction by an unseen foe terrified them.
The Carthaginian leader raised his hand, and the descent of the stones ceased.
"Now," he said, "you see the truth of my words.