6 p.m.
Six line-of-battle ships were secured as prizes . The total loss of the French in killed , wounded , and prisoners was not less than 7000 men , of whom fully 3000 were killed . The whole loss of the English on the 1st of June , and on the previous days , was 290 killed and 858 wounded . The French having suffered more in their hulls than in their masts and rigging , were able to manoeuvre better than the English ; and Admiral Villaret , being content with having secured four of his ships , made no attempt to renew the battle , but under all the sail he could set , with the dismasted ships in tow , stood away to the northward , and by 6 p.m. was completely out of sight , a single frigate only remaining astern to reconnoitre . Thus ended this celebrated sea-fight , chronicled in the naval annals of England as the glorious First -- 1st of June . Its immediate results were in themselves not important ; but it showed Englishmen what they were ready enough to believe , that they could thrash the Frenchmen as in days of yore ; and it taught the French to dread the dogged resolution and stern courage of the English , and to be prepared to suffer defeat whenever they should meet on equal terms . The news of the victory reached London on the 10th .