Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 1576, a matsayin kwamandan sojojin Spain a cikin Citadel na Antwerp, shi ne babban mai gabatar da Sack of Antwerp wanda kusan mutane 7,000 suka rasa rayukansu da dukiya mai yawa. Shekaru hudu bayan haka, ya shiga tare da Duke na Alba a yakin Alcântara
D'Avila ya mutu a Lisbon na kamuwa da rauni, a lokacin wani hari a Portugal.