 The first column, commanded by "chef de bataillon" Comte and consisting of two companies of "chasseurs à pied", 100 Spaniards and 50 horsemen with four mortars, made for Gò Công, which it captured at 7.30 a.m. A second column, consisting of 100 Spaniards and a battalion of marine infantry with two cannon, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Domenech Diego, placed itself before the camp of My Hao.At the same time "capitaine de vaisseau" Lebris, with two companies of sailors, advanced on the Donnai, taking in reverse the batteries on the right bank.Finally a flotilla of armed launches, having followed the creeks as far as Rach Gò Công, cannonnaded the works which were also bombarding the gunboats anchored in the Donnai under the orders of "lieutenant de vaisseau" Harel of "Avalanche".