"About to overpower"

1. Mosiah 19: 5
     5 And it came to pass that he fought with the king; and when the king saw that he was about to overpower him, he fled and ran and got upon the ^atower which was near the temple.
2. Alma 57: 18
     18 And it came to pass that those men whom we sent with the prisoners did arrive in season to check them, as they were about to overpower us.