Dryade also got into the action with her forrard battery doing more damage to the
plucky but unlucky Leander.
However. the battle was now winding down as Captain Sterling finally carried Bordeaux and forced her surrender.
Leander drove off Hermione,
And Concorde reduced Dryade to no more than a blazing wreck.
"A stirring victory Sir Joshua."
With that Pennyman concluded his account of the part of the battle which his Admiral had missed.
Sir Joshua was bemused, " But if we won how did I come to be captive upon a French ship Josiah"?
Pennyman realized immediately what had slipped by the Admiral in his concussed state.
" Oh no Sir Joshua! The French surgeon is merely here to help with our wounded. We transferred you on board Bellerophon as The George is so badly damaged."
Thus it was that having completed the rout of the French relief Squadron, Sir Joshua Pound and his Captains were returned to hero's welcomes at the Cape.
There were to be many promotions among the Officer, including a KCB for Sir Joshua. Lloyds of London subscribed to award all Officer's a medal for the action, and the Merchants of the HEIC. presented all Captains with a commemorative piece of silver plate.
With the Indian ocean now secure, where will the Squadron be assigned in the next campaigning season?
Bligh.
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