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English[en]
He refused, and the garrison pledged its allegiance to Philip V. Although the governor was determined to resist he knew he did not have the means to do so: his earlier requests for a reinforcements and military stores had always been in vain.[6] By his own account, Don Diego had ‘no more than fifty-six men of whom there were not thirty in service’ and could count on a few hundred civilian militia ‘of such bad quality that before they [the Allied fleet] arrived they began to run away.’ In addition, he had 100 cannon of various kinds but few were in a state to be fired, and fewer still had gunners to fire them.[6]
Norwegian Nynorsk[nn]
Han nekta, og garnisonen gav støtta si til Filip V. Sjølv om guvernøren var fast på å stå imot, visste han at han ikkje hadde midlar til å klare dette. Han hadde tidlegare bede om forsterkingar og forsyningar, men ikkje fått dette enno.[4] I følgje han sjølv hadde Don Diego ikkje meir enn 56 mann og av desse var 30 ikkje i teneste, i tillegg til eit par hundre sivile militssoldatar som var i så dårleg tilstand at før den allierte flåten nådde fram hadde dei byrja å stikke av. I tillegg hadde han 100 kanonar av forskjellige slag, men berre få var i ein tilstand der dei kunne nyttast.