The Portuguese, though in far smaller numbers, defeated the French and made them flee to the jungle.

The French town was then burnt by Mem de Sá, the Portuguese governor.

A few years before, the French admiral and colonist Villegagnon and his friend and comrade, Admiral Coligny, managed to build a fort in the area of modern-day Rio de Janeiro which they called Fort Coligny.

As the French colony grew in size and power it was named Henriville and became a serious threat to the Portuguese establishment in Brazil.

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