 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Aeolus darapọ mọ ọmọ-ogun ti Commodore John Loring ni Saint-Domingue lẹhin ikuna ti : Awọn ọmọ ogun Faranse nibẹ, ati ṣi ṣiṣẹ pẹlu Loring, ṣe alabapin ninu idaduro ọkọ oju-omi Faranse 74-gun Duquesne ni Saint-Domingue ni Oṣu Keje ọjọ 25, ọdun 1804. Ọkọ oju omi Faranse, labẹ Commodore Quérangal, ti wa ni idaduro ni Cape Francois nipasẹ idaduro ara ilu Gẹẹsi, pẹlu 74-gun Duguay-Trouin, labẹ Captain Claude Touffet, ati 40-gun Guerriere, labẹ Captain Beaudouin. Awọn squadron sa lọ si okun labẹ ideri ti squalls ni ọsan ti 24 Keje, ati ki o pin, Duguay-Trouin ati Guerriere lilọ ila-oorun lepa nipa Captain George Dundas ni, ati Duquesne lilọ iwọ-oorun tẹle nipasẹ Loring ni ati ki o tẹle nipasẹ HMS Aeolus ati. ati ki o laipe darapọ mọ awọn lepa. Duquesne, tí kò lè sá lọ, fi àwọn àwọ rẹ fún Ọgágun James Walker ti Vanguard. 