when he realised he couldnt get his ships in close enough for a bombardment and i mean a man-o-war coming in under a full press of sail is a formidable sight , enough to scare the living daylights out of old pedro any day of the week only this time they werent having any , so like i said we hauled off and hurry-hurry got us all together for a pow-wow and unveiled his master plan ; wed take to the boats and go in fast at night when they least expected , a thousand marines and seamen , jump the sentries and storm the citadel before they knew what hit em .