_ 45 _ might be needed. As they entered the town, they sounded trumpets and called on St. James, and when the Moors heard our men fighting, to which they could only reply with arrows, they drew back towards the gate leading to the mountains, strengthening their positions within the wall and in the gate-tower, and they caused much damage to our men from the walls with stones. Afonso Lopes scoured the outskirts, and at the end of the town he found many people who were making a sally, and when they heard our men, they turned back into the town to go towards the mountains. These people came face to face with Manuel Telles and Francisco de Tavora, and finding themselves caught between our men they went into some large old mosques. Our men followed them into the mosques, most of them were women and families, and they all threw themselves down on the floor without fighting. So, Afonso Lopes left twenty men on guard at the door and went on towards the mountain gate, where the Moors were putting up a strong defence. The Captain-in-Chief also arrived there, and seeing their defence he ordered the four berços to be brought from the boats on carriages, and then ordered them to shoot at the Moors on the walls, because our men were on the
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