Dan rallied his team and broke towards the east, where the first flares had appeared.
He prosecuted the war against France vigorously and in a "short time had rallied to his standard all the tribes of western Algeria.
He was at his best at such a moment, and the rallied Federals under his command swept all before them.
Mary meanwhile had passed from Dunbar to Haddington, and thence to Seton, where 1600 men rallied to her side.
But the faithful Popham rapidly rallied a force for his defence.