On the following day, he entered the city at the head of the army of liberation.
The siege of the city by the troops of Miguel was to last about a year and resulted in hunger and outbreaks of cholera and typhoid. Pedro led from the front and his health progressively deteriorated.
The description of the journey and the disembarking at Mindelo, is published in no. 1 of the Constitutional Chronicle of Porto, 11th July 1832, Wednesday edition: