Matthews vainly pursued him, beside himself with rage at his wound and at his pistols missing fire.
On the 13th, an assault was made on the fort, though the heavy guns had not been landed.

Outside the fort there were fifteen hundred horse and a thousand foot sent by Sahoojee to Angria's assistance.

The Portuguese were to face them, while five hundred English soldiers and marines, led by naval officers, were to force the gateway and scale the rampart.

Common sense demanded that Sahoojee's force outside the fort should be disposed of, and the heavy guns that had been brought with so much labour from Chaul should be mounted and used, before any attempt at an assault was projected; but there was a woeful absence of ordinary capacity among the commanders.

At four in the afternoon, the little force under Brathwaite, first lieutenant of the _Lyon_, who held the rank of colonel for the occasion, advanced to the assault.