[1][3] The city was also besieged by land since April by a Franco-Catalan army commanded by Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt.

[2] The Spanish victory prevented the fall of Tarragona to the French and Catalan rebel forces, for which Cardinal Richelieu deprived Sourdis of his office and replaced him with the young Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, his nephew.

[8] On 29 April, La Mothe was in front of Tarragona with his army, composed of 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, and laid siege to the town.

[10] Between 4 and 6 July 1641, a large Spanish galley fleet led by the Duke of Fernandina attempted to break the French naval blockade over Tarragona.

The Duke of Fernandina joined this force with the remains of his fleet, increasing its strength to 30 or 35 galleons and frigates, 29 galleys, and 65 transport ships full of supplies.

In the middle of the action, the ship under Admiral Orellana lost its mainsail and had to be relieved by the Testa de Oro.

[7] In Spain, in spite of his success, Don García de Toledo, Duke of Fernandina, was also deprived of his charge.

[14] But the war continued, and the following year, a new Spanish fleet organized at Cádiz to relieve the isolated garrisons of Roses and Collioure, was prevented from doing so by Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé in the Battle of Barcelona (1642), which sealed the loss of Perpignan to France shortly afterwards.