The British take possession of Glorieux as…
April 1782 CE
In succession, Rodney's ships isolate the other three ships. César, which is soon totally dismasted and in flames, is captured by HMS Centaur.
Hector, a complete dismasted wreck, strikes after having battled HMS Canada and HMS Alcide.
Ardent soon follows, being taken by the rest of the British center.
At 4 pm, de Grasse with Ville de Paris, alone and being battered by Barfleur, with little support and suffering huge losses in men, makes another attempt to signal the fleet and gives the order "to build the line on the starboard tack", but again this is not done.
By this time, most of the French fleet, apart from those ships which are surrounded, has retreated;
Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who commands Auguste, succeeds in rallying eight ships of his own division.
Finally, the isolated Ville de Paris, being overwhelmed and suffering horrific losses, eventually strikes her colors.
Hood takes the surrender; the boarding crew, which includes the British fleet surgeon Gilbert Blane, are horrified at the carnage; remarkably, de Grasse appears not to have a scratch on him, while every one of his officers have either been killed or wounded.
Rodney boards soon after, and Hood presents de Grasse to him.
With his surrender, the battle has effectively ended, except for a few long range desultory shots and the retreat of many of the French ships in disorder.
With a fire out of control, the magazine aboard the César explodes, killing over four hundred French and fifty British sailors, despite many of them jumping overboard.
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