Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1576, a matsayin kwamandan sojojin Spain a cikin Citadel na Antwerp, shi ne babban mai gabatar da Sack of Antwerp
wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 7,000 da kuma asarar 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.