sentences:  The enemy, not less brave, discharged so great a storm of arrows that they seemed to darken the sky.From both sides some few fell "hors de combat", but still the Chinese were not going to run away, as was imagined.The Dutch troops now noticed the separated Chinese squadron which came to surprise them from the rear; and seeing that those in front stubbornly held their ground, it now became a case of "sero sapiunt Phryges".