<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - EBrest, ukulawula i-Marseillois kwadluliselwa kuKaputeni u-Henri-César de Castellane Majastre, futhi waba yingxenye yebutho ngaphansi kuka-Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. UChampmartin wayeyisikhulu sokuqala, futhi uPierre-Charles Villeneuve osemusha wakhonza emkhunjini njenge-ensign. Ngo-22 Mashi 1781, le mikhumbi yahambela eMelika ukuyoqinisa amabutho kaDEstaing lapho, yafika eMartinique ngo-29 Ephreli. Lapho, le mikhumbi yahlangana namabutho aseBrithani ngaphansi kuka-Admiral Hood, futhi iMpi yaseFort Royal  <response>: kwaqubuka, umzabalazo wezikhali ezinde owawungaphumeleli owathatha isikhathi eside kwaze kwaba yilapho abaseBrithani behlehla ngosuku olulandelayo ngenxa yomonakalo owawutholwe yi-HMS Intrepid, Centaur kanye ne Russell. 