 She returned on 20 August with a prize, the Danish galiot "Friendship", laden with merchandise and bound for Lisbon from Amsterdam.On 25 August, the 74-gun "Impétueux", the 28-gun frigate , 16-gun ship-sloop and the 14-gun hired cutter "St Vincent" silenced a battery that was armed with eight 24-pounders.Then seamen from the ships landed to assist a large force of army troops to haul the guns up to the heights.