Storia do Mogor 338.20.2

338.20.2

In the year 1638 the King of Persia invested the fortress of Ormuz, a strong place belonging to the Portuguese ; but he was unable to reduce it, as it was relieved from the direction of the sea. He then called in the English, who sent a strong fleet. The governor of the fort heard that they meant to disembark at a difficult place. The council pointed out to him that he ought to bar their passage, a movement he could undertake without danger. He declined to do it, saying that if they persisted in a disembarkation, he took it upon himself to make them prisoners. The English disembarked and at once entrenched themselves, and placed field-pieces in position. The said governor did not put a high value on such people, but he sent all his soldiery, giving orders to their captains to capture the men who had landed ; should they decline to submit, they must be exterminated. The Portuguese marched and assaulted the trenches, where the English received them by a discharge of artillery with great noise, following it by musketry, whereby many were mown down. Losing not a moment, the English fell upon the survivors, aided by the Persians. Unable to resist this onslaught, the Portuguese took to flight and made for the fortress. The enemy followed, and the governor, seeing his routed troops approaching, opened the gates to receive them.