A coastwatcher, stationed at the cape called Ponta do Coelho, gave the alarm, but when the first Portuguese forces arrived about one thousand Castilians had already landed and had started to sack the surrounding villages.
En kustvakt, stationerad på udden Ponta do Coelho, gav larm, men när de första portugisiska styrkorna ankom hade redan ett tusental kastilianare redan landsatts och börjat plundra de kringliggande byarna.