 The Ternatans managed to subjugate Hoamoal (in Ceram), Ambelau, Manipa, Kelang and Boano.The Portuguese troops under the captaincy of Sancho de Vasconcellos could keep their fortress with great difficulty, and lost much of their grip over the trade in cloves.Vasconcellos, assisted by the Christian natives succeeded in repelling the troops of Ternate on Buru Island for a while, but it soon fell after Ternate renewed its assault under the leadership of Kapita Rubohongi.