Arrived at a point very near to the Turks, Beaufort’s troops, in order to wait till the night should be less obscure, and to give Navailles, who had a longer distance to traverse, time to reach the designated spot, lay down on their stomachs, admiral, soldiers, and officers--the latter occupying themselves only with the concealing of the links, and with recommending, in a low voice, the most minute precautions. Three-quarters of an hour before daybreak the drums of the Turks were heard. Some sailors, at Beaufort’s orders, approached the Turkish camp by crawling; and, returning in the same manner, brought the intelligence that it was only the usual _réveillée_ which had just been beaten, and that the enemy were in complete ignorance of the danger which menaced them.[207] The troops remained extended on the ground, silent and motionless, and Beaufort listened attentively to catch the signal indicating that Navailles’ division had commenced the attack. This general had arrived with the same good luck at the extreme right. After having been joined there by his reserve and his rearguard, he sent the former, commanded by the Count de Choiseul, a little to the westward of Candia, so as to prevent any communication between the two Turkish camps, and kept his rearguard with him, in order to protect the most threatened points. Then he led forward Dampierre’s corps, charged to commence the attack, and creeping towards a little hill, which afforded him a good view, he awaited the result.