The French brig was attacking a British merchant sloop when "Courier" intervened and so damaged the privateer that she chose to take advantage of the wind and her better sailing qualities and escape in the darkness and thick weather.
The French brig was attacking a British merchant sloop when "Courier" intervened. After an hour and forty minutes of fighting, the privateer brig chose to take advantage of the wind and her better sailing qualities and escape in the darkness and thick weather.