[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) › 354.4.7 # Storia do Mogor 354.4.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 354.4.7 - **Language:** English ### [354.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.7) After this he marched onwards and attacked a small Portuguese fort, situated two leagues from Daman. It was provided with five pieces of artillery, and defended by forty soldiers. They surrendered to superior force after a contest of one half-hour, during which one man was killed and several wounded. The rest of the garrison were made prisoners. Just then the news was brought to the governor that seven Dutch ships had come into the port of Súrat. This news made the governor desist from his invasion of Portuguese territory ; he acted prudently enough, for he was afraid that the Dutch might take possession of the Surat fortress. For this reason he gave hasty orders for the march of his army back to that town. The demands of the Dutch were as I have already recounted (IV. 153). It may now be close on twenty years ago that a most curious incident arose at the port of Surat. A European living there had been married to a lady who was a native of India. During a voyage that he undertook \[122\] he lost through robbery both the wealth he possessed and his life. His wife was known as an honourable woman, virtuous and charitable, ready to help the sick poor and gather into her house orphan girls, bringing them up to good habits. Thus she was held in esteem by everybody. - [Previous: 354.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.6) - [Next: 354.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.8) - [Up: 354.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.354.4.7) · Pramāṇa