This newly established Knighthood, although comprised of a complex personnel, managed to muster a bit of cohesion under Charles's various methods, at least they could follow orders without mistakes.
No sooner had they issued a verbal warning than three hundred men readied their rifles and began to shoot at the defeated troops that continued to charge at them.
The Empire had provided the Knighthood with only these three hundred rifles; the remaining weapons were military sabers, shields, and the like.