Netherlands and imprisoned, they met at Vitória in the captaincy of Espírito Santo and appointed Albuquerque to temporarily fill the post of governor-general of Brazil. Once Bahia had fallen, Portuguese resistance was first reorganized under the self-appointed leader of the provisional government, Bishop Marcos Teixeira, who recruited about two thousand men and later, under the captain of nearby Recôncavo, Francisco Rolim de Moura. Due to their initiative, the Dutch were subjected to continuous harassment. They were contained, for the most part, within the boundaries of the capital, Salvador. When he first received word of his appointment, Albuquerque's first instinct was to gather his forces and march to the relief of occupied Bahia, but he was cautioned to bide his time. From his base at Olinda, at the end of 1624, he sent troops to reinforce the Portuguese guerillas based at Arraial do Rio Vermelho and at Recôncavo. The following year, an experienced hand, Diogo Luis de Oliveira, was found to assume the role of permanent governor-general. Bahia did not stay long in the possession of the Dutch Republic. (This was during the period when Spain and Portugal were both ruled by a single Habsburg king from 1580 to 1640). The Spaniards were aware of the capture of Bahia a whole month earlier than the Dutch. A relief force was assembled and sent as quickly as possible. The West India Company was well aware of the Spanish relief force, but, due to bad weather, a Dutch fleet could not be sent to aid Bahia. It was also believed that the Dutch would be able to hold out until help could be sent: they were wrong. The armada, a Spanish-Portuguese fleet of 52 ships under the command of Don Fadrique de Toledo, arrived on 30 March 1625 in the bay of Salvador (Bahia de Salvador). After a siege lasting a whole month, the Dutch were forced to surrender the city on 30 April 1625. The Spanish-Portuguese allowed the Dutch occupation force and their ships to leave Bahia. Albuquerque was called to Madrid for consultations with the king's ministers. There, rumors of a major new Dutch invasion of Brazil were in the air. As a partial response, Albuquerque was appointed superintendent of fortifications and inspector-general of the northern captaincies in the State of Brazil. However, Spain was embroiled in the Thirty Years' War, and, while the Dutch threat to Brazil was considered credible,