 Building an improvised bridge between the French ships and the shore, Bouvet increased the men and ammunition reaching "Bellone" and thus significantly increased her rate of fire.He also had the rail removed between the foredeck and the quarterdeck of "Minerve", and had iron hooks nailed to the freeboard below the starboard gangway as to provide attachment points for additional guns, thus building a continuous second deck on his frigate where he constituted a complete second battery.By 10