In This Conflict Four Of Our Men
Were Slain, And Several Wounded, And All The Remainder Mounted The Wall
To Defend It By Means Of The Crossbows, Judging That The Assailants Were
At Least Four Thousand Men, Among Whom Were Several Nayres.
Cores now found himself unable to defend the factory against so great a
force, and therefore hoisted a flag as signal to the fleet.
The general
was at this time sick in bed, having been just blooded, and was not
therefore able to go in person to relieve the people in the factory; but
immediately sent all the boats of the fleet, well manned, under the
command of Sancho de Toar. But he was afraid to venture on land with so
small a force against so great a multitude, or even to approach too near
the shore, lest the enemies might assail him in their almadias and tonis.
He lay off, therefore, at a considerable distance, where he remained a
spectator of the valiant defence made by our people at the factory,
whence they killed great numbers of the assailants. But their enemies
always increased in numbers, and they at length brought up certain
engines to beat down part of the wall, in which they at length succeeded.
On this, our men issued out by a door which led towards the sea side, in
hopes of being able to fight their way to the boats, in which attempt
Corea was slain, and fifty more of our men were either killed or made
prisoners, twenty only escaping who swam to the boats, most of whom were
much wounded.
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