趁着夜色 meaning in English

by starlight

My men would fain have me given them leave to fall upon them at once in the dark ; but i was willing to take them at some advantage , so to spare them , and kill as few of them as i could ; and especially i was unwilling to hazard the killing any of our own men , knowing the other were very well armed
这时，我手下的人恨不得我允许他们趁着夜色立即向他们扑上去。可是我想找一个更有利的机会向他们进攻，给他们留一条生路，尽可能少杀死几个。我尤其不愿意我们自己人有伤亡，因为我知道对方也都是全副武装的。