in the morning of 9 february, cambell discovered an enemy schooner in bottomless cove. "decouverte" gave chase and caught up with her by 3p.m. after a 45-minute exchange of fire, the enemy schooner struck. she turned out to be "dorade", from san domingo. "dorade" was armed with one long 18-pounder gun and two 9-pounder guns, and had a crew of 72 men under the command of monsieur netly. during the engagement three guns on "decouverte" on the side in action were dismounted, which reduced her broadside. french casualties were heavy; the british had to bury at sea seven of "dorade"s crew and campbell estimated that they had lost and thrown overboard seven more during the fight. there were also three wounded. the british did not go unscathed; "decouverte" had six men wounded, of whom one was mortally wounded and three were dangerously wounded.