any rash act on the part of the troops.

任何军人的冲动行为
This party as well as the sentinel was immediately attacked,

这一队军士以及哨兵都被攻击了
some colonists throwing bricks,

一些殖民地居民向他们扔出砖块
stones, pieces of ice, and snowballs"--

石头冰片以及雪球"
once again the snowballs--

又提到了雪球
"at them whilst others advanced up to their bayonets

"同时有人瞄上了士兵的刺刀
and endeavored to close with them to use their bludgeons and clubs,

企图抢他们的刺刀和警棍
calling out to them to fire

还叫嚣着有胆就开枪啊
if they dared and provoking them in a most opprobrious language."

用最污秽的语言刺激他们"
Right? Again--"rude colonists behaving badly."

又是"粗野人民的恶劣行径"
So we have a group of soldiers that are lined up in front of

一队士兵在海关大楼前列队排好
the customs house running to protect a fellow soldier

保护另一名士兵