ane ▁at ▁ 1 3 : 0 0 . ▁As ▁Cre ole ▁and ▁S ult ane ▁engaged ▁one ▁another , ▁Mack en zie ▁took ▁his ▁rep a ired ▁ship ▁through ▁the ▁gap ▁between ▁them , ▁ex ch anging ▁two ▁broad s ides ▁at ▁close ▁range ▁with ▁S ult ane ▁and ▁adv ancing ▁on ▁E to ile ▁which ▁had ▁pulled ▁ahead ▁of ▁the ▁combat . ▁A stra e as ▁inter vention ▁was ▁tim ely , ▁allowing ▁E ve le igh ▁to ▁ex ting u ish ▁a ▁small ▁fire ▁which ▁had ▁broken ▁out ▁in ▁his ▁rig ging ▁before ▁Cre ole ▁rejo ined ▁the ▁combat ▁at ▁ 1 4 : 3 0 . ▁Another ▁fire ▁broke ▁out ▁almost ▁immediately , ▁and ▁although ▁it ▁was ▁ex ting u ished ▁A stra ea ▁was ▁badly ▁dam aged ▁by ▁fire ▁from ▁S ult ane . ▁Dec iding ▁that ▁his ▁ship ▁could ▁no ▁longer ▁effectively ▁comp ete ▁against ▁the ▁French ▁war ship , ▁Mack en zie ▁with d rew ▁from ▁combat , ▁retre ating ▁towards ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Santiago . ▁ ▁Ast rea ▁reached ▁E to ile ▁at ▁ 1 4 : 3 0 , ▁ex ch anging ▁broad s ides ▁before ▁ra king ▁the ▁star board ▁bow ▁of ▁Phili bert ' s ▁ship . ▁In ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁man oe uv re , ▁Ast rea ' s ▁hel ms man ▁lost ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁ship , ▁and ▁Phili bert ▁seized ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁ste er ▁E to ile ▁across ▁the ▁stern ▁of ▁Ast rea . ▁Pour ing ▁ra