After previous defeats at sea Britain could not respond. Admiralty identified four ships of the line at one rehearses a frigate to the road along the coast of France. The British prepared very thoroughly - most crews were composed of veterans of Gibraltar or have been removed from the ships of the East India Campaign. Only one ship had a crew of neobstrelyanny .So for this adventure came squadron consisting of :- Torbay - 74 Guns ( pennant Rear Admiral )- Culloden - 74 Guns- Bedford - 64 Guns- Monmouth - 64 Guns- Rehearsing frigate and exploration of Venus - 36 gunsThe enemy was seen during the First Watch ( Champ de Mars sailor Joel Smith received the gold guinea of the Admiral ), but reaches out and identify the ships could only watch afternoon .The British beat the enemy when maneuvering over the wind and the inevitable battle satisfiability French lined up in battle line and kontrkursom close-hauled headed towards the British.With a fresh wind (SSW) in the close-hauled and galfvind and well -trained crews British were not going to go to the grueling fight fire wall to wall , but reaches out , to cause maximum damage and arrange a landfill , which is known to God like the English than others