Major Giuseppi, and Captain and Adjutant Rousseau, of the second division of militia forces, took command of them.

They were in want of flints, powder, and balls--to obtain these they were obliged to break open a merchant's store; however, the adjutant so judiciously distributed his little force as to hinder the mutineers from entering the town, or obtaining access to the militia arsenal, wherein there was a quantity of arms.

Major Chadds and several old African soldiers joined the militia, and were by them supplied with arms.
'A good deal of skirmishing occurred between the militia and detached parties of the mutineers, which uniformly ended in the defeat of the latter.

At length Daaga appeared to the right of a party of six, at the entrance of the town; they were challenged by the militia, and the mutineers fired on them, but without effect.

Only two of the militia returned the fire, when all but Daaga fled.