Three assault forces met their defeat in Caribbean waters this day. At Macao, PEARL's pirate bid to wrest the port from ENEMY's Spanish grasp came to naught—the defenders held firm and the settlement remained in Spanish hands. The NPC Raiders fared no better in separate engagements: HAVOC's Spanish garrison at Fort Zoutman repulsed the marauders with steady resolve, whilst CWOLF's British defenders at Jacmel broke the raiders' attack and kept the port secure. Three assaults launched; three repulsals delivered. On the leaderboard, PEARL rose sharply by three places to rank sixteen, gaining a fourth port and ascending from nineteenth position in a single day's action. GRMLN meanwhile slipped two ranks to eighteenth, though retaining its three ports and suffering no loss of holdings. CFS continues its untroubled dominion from the apex, commanding twenty-six ports and the paramount first rank it has held without interruption."