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offered by his people. Thereupon, the city was plundered, except for the merchant goods. By command of the Admiral, the commissaries officials in charge of supplies and other honest officers saved these goods for the profit of the West India Company in Holland. Further details of the proceedings are expected soon, along with the Governor and other high-ranking prisoners. The surrounding fortresses were likewise abandoned, and our men brought the artillery into the city. In total, 23 brass and 26 iron pieces of artillery were found.

Two days after the victory was obtained, the High Governor and Colonel Johan von Dorth, who had been searching for our men on the Baramanian border since April 9, arrived in the harbor to meet our Admiral. After they held a discussion, he immediately took up his residence in the city so that he could put everything in good order and fortify the city with cantors fortification corners or edges and other necessities. Several inhabitants from the countryside have already joined those in the city. After the capture of this city, several more ships fell into our hands, including one from Lisbon carrying merchant goods. Two more ships arrived from Rio de Janeiro loaded with sugar. Along with these came the Provincial of the Jesuits, other Jesuits, two Franciscan monks, and two Benedictine monks. They had set out to collect their collecta alms or religious taxes in Brazil and will be brought to Holland as prisoners. Additionally, another ship arrived from the island of Spiritu Sancto Espírito Santo loaded with sugar. Also, a ship arrived with 250 Moors enslaved Africans. Thus, more ships arrive in the harbor daily. At the conclusion of this report, news arrives from Spain and the Netherlands. It is written from both places that the other Dutch fleet