three in the morning
That was about ten o'clock . For some time not a shot was fired . Every man felt that something awful had happened , but still many of the Frenchmen had n't given in . So at it again we went , and blazed away at each other till three in the morning . When daylight returned , only two of the enemy 's ships of the line had their colours flying , and they had not been engaged . They , with two frigates , cut their cables in the forenoon , and stood out to sea , we having no ships in a fit state to follow them . There were thirteen French line-of-battle ships when the action began ; we took nine , two were burned , and two escaped ; and of the four frigates one was sunk and another burned ; while the enemy lost three thousand one hundred and five men in killed and wounded .