At last the arrival of the reinforcements revealed the perversity of his strategy. He had too few men to assume the offensive, even if they had been unquestionably loyal, and their loyalty was under grave suspicion.
Oinezkoen eta zaldizkoen etorreran, haren planaren zentzugabekeria garbi gelditu zen azkenean, hain tropa txikiarekin, leialena izanik ere, ez etsai artetik igarotzerik baitzen, ez leialtasun osorik agertuak baitziren;