 With the British thwarted in Valle Seco, Gutiérrez guessed Nelson's next move and brought most of the artillerymen to the port batteries, leaving just 30 militia men in Paso Alto.The British could not see the Spanish troops' movements from one place to another, so they deemed the Spanish force larger than it actually was.Enraged by the failure of the first stage of his plan, Nelson called his captains on board "Theseus" and explained how he himself would lead the next move ahead of a boat group followed by five more boats led by captains Troubrige, Miller, Hood, Waller and Thompson straight to the San Cristóbal castle, in Sta.