_ 186 _ Manuel de Lacerda, Jeronimo de Lima, his brother João de Lima, Antonio de Azevedo and others. The commander-in-chief was to follow behind Afonso de Albuquerque, together with 600 men and remaining captains. Chapter: 38 Matters having been thus settled, in the following morning before daybreak our men went ashore without meeting any opposition. The sun had already risen when they made their way towards the city, where there were over 4000 Arabs, as was later found out. When they saw our men moving towards the city, nearly 2000 of them came out to meet our forces, whilst the others remained within the walls. They were all well-armed with bows, arrows, lances and swords. As soon as Afonso de Albuquerque saw them coming, he ordered his men to attack, which they did fiercely. The Arabs resisted with equal determination but afterwards retreated to the city, all the time fighting well. Most of them succeeded in going back to the city although some remained fighting so that the others could shut the gate, as indeed they did, whilst those who stayed outside were all killed or wounded. When all of Afonso de Albuquerque’s and the commander-in-chief's men came before the city, they began to cross the moat which was dug into the sand and therefore caused many of our men
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