And as many ships were engaged in a small compass (for these were the largest fleets fighting in the narrowest space ever known, being together little short of two hundred), the regular attacks with the beak were few, there being no opportunity of backing water or of breaking the line; while the collisions caused by one ship chancing to run foul of another, either in flying from or attacking a third, were more frequent.
Esparru txikian hainbeste ontzik topo egitean-inoiz lehenago ez baitzen aurkatu hainbeste ontzi hain eremu murritzean, ezen bi ontzidion artean ia berrehun ontzi ziren-, elkar abordatze gutxi gertatzen ziren, ezinezko zelako arraunean egin eta lerro etsaia zeharkatzea, baina borrokak ekidinezinak ziren, ordea, ontzi batek ausaz beste bat abordatzen zuenean, hirugarren bati itzuri edo eraso egiten saiatzerakoan.