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Subsequently they dug, largely with their helmets, a semicircular trench with the sea at their backs. - (Avengers of Gor, Chapter 32, Sentence #72)

Interestingly, neither the first third of the column nor the last third of the column came to the relief of their beleaguered fellows. The last third of the column and some remnants of the broken center hurried back to the beach, where the corsair fleet lay to, some forty or so yards offshore. I later learned from some of my men who followed them, keeping apprised of their movements, that their plea to be taken aboard the fleet's ships was refused. Subsequently they dug, largely with their helmets, a semicircular trench with the sea at their backs. This trench was walled toward the land by the dislodged sand and surmounted by a shield wall. The openness of the broad beach would deny cover to archers and we would not choose to attack in force as that would risk our men unduly, storming a fortified position, and might well reveal the paucity of our numbers. That the corsairs were not aware of our numbers, or even who we were, were factors, however limited, in our favor. - (Avengers of Gor)