Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 18 ga watan sun jefa 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 jagorancin Sir William Winter. Bayan da ya gargadi Earl na Desmond da Earl na Kildare, a matsayin shugabannin Geraldine, don yaƙi da 'yan bidi'a, FitzMaurice ya bar sansanin don jiran zuwan Stukley (wanda, ba a san shi ba, an kashe shi a yakin Alcácer Quibir
a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, a lokacin yakin da Sarki Sebastian na Portugal ya yi).