Cornelisz had left the soldiers, led by…

Cornelisz had left the soldiers, led by Wiebbe Hayes, to die, but they have in fact found good sources of water and food on their islands.

Initially, they had not known of the barbarity taking place on the other islands and still sent pre-arranged smoke signals announcing their finds.

However, they soon learned of the massacres from survivors fleeing Cornelisz' island.

The soldiers put together makeshift weapons from materials washed up from the wreck.

They also set a watch so that they are ready for the mutineers, and build a small fort out of limestone and coral blocks.

Cornelisz seizes on the news of water on the other island as his own supply is dwindling and the continued survival of the soldiers threatens his own success.

He goes with his men to try and defeat the soldiers marooned on West Wallabi Island.

However, the trained soldiers are by now much better fed than the mutineers and easily defeat them in several battles, eventually taking Cornelisz hostage.

The mutineers who escape regroup under a man named Wouter Loos and try again, this time employing muskets to besiege Hayes' fort and almost defeating the soldiers.