 Newcome wrote to Malartic, the governor of Mauritius, asking him to release British prisoners equal in number and rank to those Newcome had landed.While it was in the Seychelles, the British squadron also captured the brig "Olivette", which belonged to the French privateer Jean-François Hodoul, and "Deux Andrés", a slaver from Mozambique under the command of Captain Hardy, with 408 slaves on board.On 20 May Newcome sent "Olivette" to Praslin to gather supplies for the squadron,

Newcome left Mahé on 1 June and arrived at Madras on 18 June, together with "Duguay Trouin" and "Deux Andrés".