However, the Royalists were not masters of the city, for the French in Castel Sant'Elmo and the Republicans in Castel Nuovo and Castel dell'Ovo still held out and bombarded the streets, while the Franco–Spanish fleet might arrive at any moment.
Pero os realistas non eran aínda donos da cidade, xa que os franceses no castelo de Sant'Elmo e os republicanos nos castelos Nuovo e dell’Ovo, seguían resistindo e bombardeando as rúas, mentres que a frota franco-española podía chegar en calquera intre.