The news of the siege only reached
Lisbon in the end of 1698, at the same time that the city surrendered. Alarmed, King
Peter II of Portugal immediately ordered to organize a relief
squadron, which was constituted by two
ships of the line and three
frigates, with a
terço of 950 soldiers embarked. The squadron sailed from the
Tagus River on 25 March 1699, arriving in
Mozambique Island on 15 July, where it was known that the city had surrendered months ago. The squadron then sailed to
Zanzibar Island, with the intention of putting
pilots that conducted them to Mombasa, but after failing in getting pilots, the
captain-major of the squadron,
Henrique Jacques de Magalhães, sailed to
Goa, arriving there in September with 300 soldiers less, due to disease, and with the remaining sick. The news of the surrender of the city only reached Lisbon on 26 March 1700. However, King Peter II of Portugal did not give up, and he ordered to send another squadrons in 1700 and 1701. Both failed, due, again, to disease within the troops. In 1701, the
Viceroy of India,
António Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho, organised a squadron constituted of one ship of the line, two frigates and by the
Strait Squadron (did not arrive), which failed again due to a
storm at the
Mandovi River, that made the three ships sunk. At the same time King
Charles II of Spain died, postponing the recuperation of Mombasa to
sine die. Animated by their success of conquering Mombasa and with the incapacity showed by the Portuguese for its recuperation, the Omani started to attack Portuguese cities, capturing
Pemba Island,
Kilwa Island and attacking Mozambique Island and
Salsette Island. == See also ==