Fandino hoisted sail on December 3rd and sailed out of the harbor with a good wind.* Fandino intended to sail to Cape Ferro, station himself out of sight of land, and wait for unsuspecting ships leaving the cape.* However, on December 5th at dawn, they found themselves on the bar of Charleston.* As the morning light brightened, they could see another sloop leaving the harbor, apparently on its way out to privateer also.* The local harbor pilot was also close byso close that they captured his launch while watching the other privateer sail out.* Three of Fandino’s men took over the launch, while Fandino chased down the other privateer.* The three men in the launch watched for a while, as both privateers sailed around shooting cannons at each other and occasional musket fire.* The men in the launch held back a ways in fear of getting re-captured by the Carolinian.* After a while, they sailed the launch back to St. Augustine.* When they arrived, they told Montiano about the encounter.* The captured pilot said the Carolinian was on its way to Jamaica.* The last they saw, the Carolinian turned and went back into the Charleston harbor, and Fandino sailed out to sea, out of sight.* One of them said that before he transferred to the launch, he heard Fandino say he would go farther north because now Carolina knew they were out there.* The captured launch resembled a boat Montiano already had in St. Augustine, with a deck.* When it was captured, it only had two ship biscuits.* The crew managed to catch enough fish with a hook to last the trip back to St. Augustine.* The launch also contained a young negro about ten or twelve years old.* He/she said that the largest and best part of Charleston, which was the waterfront, had been burned.* The fire lasted two weeks.* He/she also said the town’s powder magazine blew up, and that there were three man-of-wars in the harbor.* It is hard to imagine three man-of-wars sitting there while their pilot launch was captured and their privateer exchange cannon fire outside the bar.*