The French frigate `` Sensible '' had been detached Removing from the convoy Patrolling after the capture Conquering of Malta , under orders Request to carry Sending wounded soldiers and looted Robbery treasure back to France while the main body continued Arriving to Egypt .

Among the prisoners captured Conquering was General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers who had been wounded Bodily_harm in the storming Catastrophe of Malta , and among the treasure was an ornate seventeenth century cannon once owned Employment by Louis XIV .

In April Jervis shifted Change his gaze Perception_active to Tenerife upon hearing Know that Spanish treasure convoys from America arrived Arriving regularly at that island .

Belisarius returned Arriving to Constantinople with the Vandals ' royal treasure and the captive Gelimer to enjoy Perception_active a triumph , while Africa was formally restored to imperial rule as the praetorian prefecture of Africa .

He was also intrigued by reports that a ship carrying Carry_goods treasure was due Causation to sail from Manila , which would make Creating a valuable prize .

Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

The Spanish ships were a treasure convoy , carrying Carry_goods silver specie and luxury trade goods across the Atlantic Ocean from the colonies of New Spain to Spain .