 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukati memavhiki ekupedzisira ehupenyu hwake, akatambura nhevedzano yezvikanganiso mukubata kwake Hondo. Musi waNovember 17 kuvhurwa kwakaitwa zvombo kwechikepe chinonzi Resolution kwakabatwa nechikepe cheAllied chinonzi Independencia pedyo nechiteshi cheTalcahuano. Haana kukwanisa kuita fambiro mberi yakanaka muhondo yake neChile, kuvharirwa kwake kwakashata, kwakava kusingabatsiri uye vashandi vengarava vakava vakaora mwoyo. Admiral anozvikudza akanga asingazivi kuti pana November 26 vaChile vakanga vatora ngarava yeSpain inonzi Virgen de Covadonga, pamwe chete netsamba yaAdmiral, paHondo yeNaval yePapudo uye kuti mukati mokurwisana vaSpanish vaiva nevarume 4 vakafa uye 21 vakakuvadzwa. Apo musi waNovember 27 Kanzuru yeAmerica yakazvitaura zvisina kurongwa, Admiral akavhiringidzika. Zvakanga zvakamuomera. Covadonga yakanga iri ngarava yehondo yechipiri yakarasikirwa neSpain pashure pokurasikirwa neTriunfo mumvura yevavengi. Zuva rakatevera racho, November 28, Admiral Pareja akapfeka yunifomu yake yakanakisisa, akarara pamubhedha wake, uye akazvipfura mumusoro ari mungarava yake huru, Villa de Madrid, pamberi peValparaiso. Mutestamende yake, akakumbira kuti asavigwe mumvura dzeChilean; nokudaro, akavigwa mumakungwa makuru. 