Las Matas. The troops’ pursuit beyond it is recalled by Pierrot.

“In sending you to the frontier, my orders were that after the taking of Las-Cahobas and of the line of the Cachiman you should remain fixed at that place: but the ardor of victory had carried you beyond Las-Matas; my dispositions not yet being settled for a regular campaign, you received the order to retrace your steps. That order was absolute and was to preserve the advantages you had won over the rebels, when the spirit of plunder, seizing upon your chiefs (*) and upon you, made you the victims of an enemy among whom your presence had carried terror.