 There was no vessel with which to resist them, as all those of the Spanish fleet were in the provinces of the Pintados.The Chinese rebels entered the "Parián", the Chinese quarter, and furiously assaulted the city gate, but were driven back by the arquebuses and muskets of the Spanish defenders, with the loss of many Chinese.The Chinese were unable to take the walls of Manila, but remained in the "parián" and at Dilao until the return of part of the Spanish fleet forced them to abandon those locations.