Carlos de Amesquita commanded three companies of arquebusiers (about 400 men in total) and four galleys (Nuestra Señora de Begoña, Salvador, Peregrina and Bazana) from the fleet under Pedro de Zubiaur. He sailed from Port Louis, Brittany, on 26 July. After calling at Penmarch, they sank a French barque manned by an English crew and with a cargo bound for England. Amesquita's forces eventually landed at Mount's Bay, Cornwall on 2 August. Amesquita was guided by English Catholic Richard Burley of Weymouth. The local militias, which formed the cornerstone of their anti-invasion measures and numbered several hundred men, threw down their arms and fled in panic. Only Francis Godolphin, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and commander of the militias along with 12 of his soldiers stood to offer