They appointed Colonel Hans Coine to command the fleet which consisted of a total of 1,300 men.

They landed on 24 July, a short distance away from Cape Coast, and proceeded by canoe down the Sweet River towards the Portuguese fort, bringing 800 soldiers and three days worth of provisions.

The bombardment was ineffective, and by the next morning Coine realized that he would either have to attack the fort that very day or abandon the attempt.

He dispatched a group of grenadiers up the hill, but before they could attack a chamade was sounded and two messengers were sent out by the Portuguese to negotiate a surrender.

[7] The surrender allowed the governor, the garrison and all Portuguese citizens to leave, without swords or any other weapons, on a boat to the island of St. Thomas.