After a full day's chase, the British…
June 1795 CE
Cornwallis, unwilling to abandon his rearguard, counterattacks with the rest of his squadron.
A fierce combat develops, culminating in Cornwallis interposing his flagship HMS Royal Sovereign between the British and French forces.
Cornwallis's determined resistance, and his squadron's signals to a group of unknown ships spotted in the distance, lead Villaret de Joyeuse to believe that the main British Channel Fleet is approaching.
Villaret therefore breaks off the battle on the evening of June and orders his ships to withdraw.
This allows Cornwallis to escape; he returns to port at Plymouth with his squadron battered but intact.
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