Only two French frigates and two ships of the line (including Le Guillaume Tell captained by Second Rear-Admiral Villeneuve who would later command the French fleet at Trafalgar) escaped. Nine ships were captured and the rest either sunk or burnt, including the French flagship L’Orient.
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/536 number 6
Key to the print:
A – A
French ships drawn up in the line of battle
B – B
the two divisions of the British fleet after breaking the French line. The dots represent the different courses taken by the divisions in order to begin the attack
