ten o'clock
You may now , if you please , be a judge of our behavior , and see whether my officers and soldiers really deserve the bad character which you of late have so readily imputed to them . '' He then explained that the troops were already on their march to Montjuich . The prince immediately ordered his horse , and the two gallant but impulsive and singular men rode off , followed only by Jack Stillwell and the prince 's aide de camp . At ten o'clock they overtook the troops , and Peterborough ordered a total change of route , he himself leading . The roads were winding , narrow , and difficult . For a great part of the way there was only room for the men to march in single file . The night was very dark , and the detachment many hours on the march , so that daylight was just breaking when they reached the foot of the hill on which the fort of Montjuich stood .