Despite the odds against him, the Batavian captain engaged "Stag", Yorke laying his ship alongside "Alliantie" and the frigates exchanging broadsides for an hour before the Batavian captain, his situation hopeless and his ship outnumbered and battered, surrendered at 17:15. While "Stag" and "Alliantie" fought their duel, the action continued elsewhere, with the remaining Batavian ships making progress eastwards along the Norwegian coastline with the British squadron attempting to cut them off from the channel between Eigerøya and the Norwegian mainland in which the Batavian ships could shelter, protected by Danish neutrality. "Vlugheid" rapidly outdistanced pursuit, but "Argo" was slower and came under heavy but distant fire from "Reunion" and "Isis", replying in kind. "Argo" was subsequently found to have been hit thirty times by 24-pounder shot and had much of its sails and rigging torn away, requiring extensive repairs. Eventually the Batavian persistence paid off, and "Vlugheid" and "Argo" successfully escaped into the neutral harbour of Eigerøya before Alms could intercept them. Alms sent the captured "Alliantie" back to Britain under the command of Lieutenant Patrick Tonyn of "Stag" and gave despatches to the Admiralty to Lieutenant William Huggell of "Reunion" to deliver. He himself remained at sea with the squadron, completing their assigned patrol. British casualties included four killed and 13 wounded on "Stag", one killed and three wounded on "Reunion" and two wounded on "Isis". Only "Vestal" escaped without any damage or casualties. Batavian casualties in the engagement are not known due to the failure of Alms to record "Alliantie"'s losses in his report to the Admiralty, an omission which James criticises him for. It is known that "Argo" lost two men killed and 15 wounded in the chase. The surviving Batavian ships remained at anchor in the Eigerøya channel until the spring of 1796 when they successfully returned to the Netherlands. "Alliantie" was subsequently taken to Spithead and purchased for the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS "Alliance", for which prize money was distributed to the crews of the British ships, shared equally among them. The sailors on "Isis" alone shared £240 (the equivalent of £ as of 2020). Over the ensuing months and years, Duncan's fleet was largely successful in protecting the North Sea trade routes from the depredations of raiders from the Batavian ports and in 1797 inflicted a crushing defeat on the Batavian fleet at the Battle of Camperdown.