The excitement in Twala's camp on the plain beyond was very great, and regiment after regiment was starting forward at a long swinging trot in order to reach the root of the tongue of land before the attacking force could emerge into the plain of Loo.
Twalaren beheko lautadako kanpalekuan urduri zebiltzan oso, eta erregimenduak bata bestearen atzean arin-arin zihoazen lur-mihiaren ertzera iristeko, indar erasotzaileak Looko lautadara heldu baino lehen.