Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 18 ga watan sun yi anga a Smerwick, inda suka yi garkuwa a Dún an Óir (Fort of Gold), kuma an haɗu da su a ranar 25 ga wata biyu tare da sojoji 100; kwanaki hudu bayan haka jiragen ruwa na Ingila suka kama su a karkashin umurnin Sir William Winter. Bayan ya gargadi Earl na Desmond da Earl na Kildare, kamar yadda Geraldine shugabannin, don su yi yaƙi da heretics, FitzMaurice bar sansanin soja zuwa jira da isowa na Stukley (wanda, ba a sani ba a gare shi, da aka kashe a
Yaƙin Alcácer Quibir a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, yayin yaƙin neman zaɓe na Sarki Sebastian na Fotigal).