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advice : and with the same promptitude he dispatched the King of Uva 

 with three thousand men to succour his forces, and with the order that 

 before the succour reached our troops he was to try to unite and 

 surprise and defeat them, which would be easy for him to do, as 

 the road was shorter for him. And so he came with much promptitude 

 and sat down three leagues from our camp, whence he sent to get 

 information of the fort, and to those who were hidden in ambush, who 

 were waiting ready to fall on our troops on all sides the next day. 



D. Manoel de Azevedo also made such haste, that he arrived almost 

 at the same time. The night that the King of Uva arrived the Modeliar 

 D. Fernando heard many firelock shots ; and guessing what it was he 

 sent a spy to inquire what had occurred, who shortly returned and 

 said that it was the King of Uva, who was encamped a little over a 

 league away ; and having given an account of all to Salvador Pereira 

 and the other captains, all were of opinion that they should attack 

 him that same night in his encampment before he had joined the 

 others. And he immediately dispatched Simao Pinhao and D. Henri- 

 que Modeliar with all the native Lascarins ; and such haste did they 

 make, that in the third watch of the night they fell upon the enemy 

 and attacked them with great determination and courage ; and as they 

 took them unawares they created great havoc among them ; and not 

 knowing what was the matter, they were like to have been totally 

 routed, but, regaining their wits, they seized their arms and com- 

 menced to wield them with great spirit, so that our Lascarins were 

 almost put to rout, if it had not been for the prowess of Simao Pinhao, 

 who was greatly dreaded by the Chingalas, who that day did such 

 marvels, that he put the King of Uva to a total rout, and continued 

 pursuing him for a long distance, in which he slew many of his men 

 and captured many arms and spoils. 



After this victory our troops returned to the camp, and it gave such 

 courage to the rest, that they at once proceeded to attack those in the 

 stockade, some carrying cavaliers of wood, which they had manufac- 

 tured for that purpose, in order to engage them with firelocks from, 

 above, which they did with such determination, and with so much 

 damage to them, that they drove them to desperation, as they saw that 

 our men did not attempt to take them by assault, but to destroy them 

 little by little with their harquebusade until they could easily capture 

 them ; and seeing themselves so hard pressed they determined to escape 

 one night at all risks ; and so in the first watch they sallied forth from 

 the stockade with their arms in their hands, and like desperate men 

 attacked our forces to see if they could break their ranks and pass 

 through them ; but our men were not so much off their guard as not at 

 once to perceive their purpose ; and surrounding them they caused 

 among them such great loss and destruction, that there escaped only 

 the two rebellious princes, who during the confusion slunk away, and in 

 the darkness of the night managed to conceal themselves in the forests. 

 There died there the flower of the forces of Candea, and the chief 



