Lying in the harbour to the right, in port-broadside view, is a small vessel of Mediterranean type. She flies a white ensign and a white flag at the main which could be either Spanish or Neapolitan. She is firing a salute which may relate to the foreshore activity. Right of centre in the foreground a small boat laden with people, including some English troops, is shown preparing to leave the shore. It prominently displays a St George's cross which is being held by a figure in the bow. Several figures wearing turbans are shown holding the oars. A man wearing military dress sits in the stern while another man in military dress is being carried out to the boat on the shoulders of a man in Eastern dress. On the shore on the left small boats are being laden with supplies. At the water's edge in the foreground there are people in Eastern dress and turbans looking to the right towards the harbour. The presence of English troops in the form of the trumpeter and the military flag in the bow of the boat indicate a port under English occupation, such as Tangier, which was under occupation from 1662 to 1683.