at 02:45 on 17 april, "castor" closed within range of "hautpoult" and opened fire, exchanging broadsides with the much larger french ship for 75 minutes and slowing her sufficiently for "pompee" to come within range. sailing between "castor" and the french ship, fahie closed within and opened fire with his broadside. within 15 minutes "hautpoult" attempted to escape by pulling forward and engaging with "castor" again, but the damage done to her sails and rigging hindered the manoeuvre and "pompee" pulled across her stern, threatening to rake her. with defeat inevitable, the french captain surrendered, "neptune", "york", "captain", "hazard", "hawk", "recruit", "polyphemus", hms "ethalion" and hms "ringdove" all coming within sight as dawn broke, joining "pompee", "castor" and "latona".