 The British failure to extend control beyond Manila and Cavite made their occupation's continuation unviable.Captain Thomas Backhouse reported to the Secretary of War in London that "the enemy is in full possession of the country".The British had accepted the written surrender of the Philippines from Archbishop Rojo on 30 October 1762, but the Royal Audience of Manila had already appointed Simón de Anda y Salazar as the new Governor-General as provided for under the statutes of the Council of the Indies, as was pointed out by Anda and retrospectively confirmed by the King of Spain, in his re-appointment of both Anda and Basco.