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Updated: May 12, 2025

Now and then a single horseman would gallop up to the ditch, taking care to cover himself with his large leather shield, and return as fast as he went, generally calling out lustily when he got among his own party, 'Shields to the wall! 'You people of the Gadado or Atego, &c, 'why don't you hasten to the wall? To which some voices would call out, 'Oh! you have a good large shield to cover you! The cry of 'Shields to the wall! was constantly heard from the several chiefs to their troops; but they disregarded the call, and neither chiefs nor vassals moved from the spot.

Mungo Park - Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa