The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.206

v1.c13.206

When this news reached Cochin, the Portuguese of that settlement resolved to avenge the offence to the Christian name and the national honour. Gil Fernandez de Carvalho offered to lead the forces against the Muslims. He was given a huge galliot, three lighters and one sloop. After three days, with one hundred and seventy men, they left Cochin and arrived before Punney Kayal where the Muhammadan fleet was lying a little to the north at Calecare. They went there, but could not cross the sand-bank at the mouth of the harbour owing to an unfavourable wind; one of the lighters, however, commanded by Lourenco Coelho, attempted to cross and ran aground. As soon as the Muhammadans who were anchored between the sand-bank and the shore saw this, they surrounded the boat and a great fight ensued. This lasted the whole day, the Portuguese being determined not to surrender to the enemy; by evening all of them had been slaughtered, and many of the Muhammadans had likewise perished, among them Irapali himself.