Leyva disagreed with the approach planned by Venegas, but nonetheless carried on along with Álvaro de Bazán, deployed from Gibraltar, on July 23.

[1] Mere months after Bazán's return to Spain, a fleet of eight English ships attacked French merchant vessel in midst of the harbour of Gibraltar.

The French ship was heavily damaged by cannonfire, but managed to escape by taking refuge under the fortress of El Puerto de Santa María.

[3][4] After being registered, Spanish goods like cazabe de yuca and sugar from the Indies were found in them, and witnesses saw them throw overboard further incriminating cargo before being caught.

Finally, on June 28, 1564, King Philip II ordered the prisoners who remained alive to be freed, along with another English who had attacked Galicia before being captured in San Sebastián.