Lying down there, they took aim at the charging horsemen.
These were raw recruits, but they knew how to shoot.

Their rifles flashed and four or five saddles were emptied.

The men below were also firing from the loopholes, and the front rank of the Mexican cavalry was cut down by the bullets.

The whole force turned at a shout from an officer, and galloped to the shelter of some buildings.

Ned estimated that they were two hundred in number, and he surmised that young Urrea led them.
He descended from the roof and talked with King.