▁his ▁companion ▁was ▁over run ▁by ▁Hann ib al , ▁Phili bert ▁was ▁making ▁str enu ous ▁efforts ▁to ▁escape ▁from ▁Heb rus . ▁By ▁ 1 4 : 0 0 ▁the ▁S ult ane ▁and ▁Hann ib al ▁were ▁out ▁of ▁sight , ▁S par row ▁disappear ing ▁over ▁the ▁horizon ▁three ▁hours ▁later ▁with ▁E to ile ▁ ▁ahead ▁of ▁Pal mer ' s ▁purs uit . ▁Phili bert ▁turned ▁n ortheast ▁in ▁a ▁further ▁effort ▁to ▁get ▁away , ▁but ▁Heb rus ▁was ▁still ▁slowly ▁gain ing ▁on ▁E to ile ▁was ▁night ▁fell . ▁As ▁the ▁ships ▁passed ▁through ▁Ald er ney ▁Race , ▁Pal mer ▁gained ▁considerable ▁water ▁on ▁Phili bert , ▁driving ▁the ▁French ▁ship ▁close ▁in sh ore ▁near ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Job ourg ▁at ▁ 0 1 : 3 5 ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁March . ▁Fac ed ▁with ▁the ▁risk ▁of ▁ground ing ▁in ▁the ▁dark , ▁Phili bert ▁turned ▁and ▁opened ▁fire ▁on ▁Heb rus ▁at ▁ 0 1 : 4 5 , ▁the ▁fr ig ates ▁ex ch anging ▁fire ▁as ▁E to ile ▁slowly ▁wore ▁around ▁Job ourg ▁Point . ▁Pal mer ▁attempted ▁to ▁ra ke ▁E to ile , ▁passing ▁so ▁close ▁ast ern ▁that ▁their ▁rig ging ▁almost ▁ent ang led , ▁but ▁Phili bert ▁respond ed ▁by ▁crossing ▁the ▁b ows ▁of ▁Heb rus , ▁inf lic ting ▁severe ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁ship ' s ▁rig ging ▁at ▁ 0 2 : 2 0 . ▁M ane