 23" sheltering inshore and attacked it with his ship's boats.The attack was a failure, the boat party suffering heavy casualties and Corbet sailed for Île Bourbon (formerly Île Bonaparte) to land his wounded.There he united with Rowley's flagship HMS "Boadicea" and two smaller ships and attacked the French blockading force of the frigates "Astrée" and "Iphigénie" under Pierre Bouvet.