After his success , Bennington managed to slip Motion_directional away and returned Arriving to Trincomalee .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

Recent heavy rain had saturated Influence the soil in the cutting causing Causation it to slip , covering Hiding_objects the line on which the train was travelling Traveling .

The maximum slip was about 2.5 m , which was located about 20 and 40 km WNW of the hypocenter .