Kneeling on one knee on a rowing boat pieced together from three planks, Tamas used an oar to push the boat away from the temporary dock and led the way toward Magit Island.
Over forty warriors split among twenty-three small boats, following the camp commander, gradually departing from the west bank.
Before the battle began, discounting the specially made large boats, the Iron Peak County Regiment had sixty small boats in hand, so they transported the entire battalion to the island in one go.
But going was easy, returning was difficult.
Some boats ran aground on the landing site, trapped between the "caltrops" and the riverbank, rendered immovable;
On some boats, the warrior responsible for returning the boat was unfortunately killed by the United Provincials, and the uncontrolled boat was swept far downstream by the river, making recovery difficult for the time being.
Some canoe-style small boats were, to begin with, single-use.
