The Mussolini regime was neither especially sanguinary nor particularly repressive. He ineffectually opposed the infliction of the sanguinary vengeance that Fulvius took on the Capuans. The action was sanguinary and the heroism of the British crew drew press attention. "Chatham" captured the French frigate "Magicienne" off Cape Ann after a sanguinary engagement. May. She then fought an inconclusive but sanguinary engagement with on 13 May 1793.