 As "Constitution" closed, Dacres first hove to to fire a broadside, which fell short, and then ran before the wind for three quarters of an hour with the "Constitution" on "Guerriere" quarter.Dacres yawed several times to fire broadsides at "Constitution", but "Guerriere" broadsides were generally inaccurate, while the few shots fired from "Constitution" foremost guns had little effect.After one cannonball bounced "harmlessly" off the side of "Constitution", a crew member is said to have yelled "Huzzah!