The good governor, they say, wept, but did not reproach.

The admiral crossed himself; and, when Chacon said 'All is lost,' answered (or did not answer, for the story, like most good stories, is said not to be quite true), 'Not all; I saved the image of St.Jago de Compostella, my patron and my ship's.' His ship's patron, however, says M.Joseph, was St. Vincent.

Why tell the rest of the story?
It may well be guessed.

The English landed in force.

The French Republicans (how does history repeat itself!) broke open the arsenal, overpowering the Spanish guard, seized some 3000 to 5000 stand of arms, and then never used them, but retired into the woods.