[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 182.1 # Storia do Mogor 182.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 182.1 - **Language:** English ### [182.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.182.1) A few days after my return to Goa a thing happened which placed the Portuguese in very great danger. The viceroy, as much from deficiency of men as anything else, had neglected to post any soldiers on a little island called Santo Estevao, where there was a castle armed with mortars. Sambha Ji had spies everywhere. It was on the 25th November of some year long ago that the Portuguese had obtained possession of Goa. In memory of that conquest they built a little church called St. Catharine, which at this day is close to the hospital. On that very date in the year 1683, at ten o'clock at night, Sambha Ji sent four thousand men at low tide to occupy the said fortress (i.e., Santo Estevao). The soldiers entered it, and without any loss to themselves decapitated the whole of the garrison. As a signal that they had carried out their orders, they discharged several mortars to inform Sambha Ji and his army that they were masters of the place. A great uproar arose in Goa. - [Previous: 181.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.181.9) - [Next: 182.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.182.2) - [Up: 182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.182) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.182.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.182.1) · Pramāṇa