The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.223

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Neither Menezes nor Coutinho were able to resist the enemy, and so started a slow retreat towards the fort, which was reached by Coutinho after he was wounded. Then at high-tide all the women and children were embarked on several sloops that came up the river near which the fort was built. Finally, as the fort was very weak and the enemies very numerous, it was decided to surrender it; accordingly all the men boarded a sloop and Coutinho surrendered the fort before he embarked. But the tide being on the ebb, so that no ships could sail away, all were captured by Visvanatha after a stout resistance. Thereupon the whole town was sacked and destroyed.