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Several of these , too , were hauled in at the lower port-holes of the ships . The French ship _ Franklin _ was the first to recommence firing , but after a few more broadsides from the _ Swiftsure _ she hauled down her colours . The firing continued without any abatement until three o'clock in the morning . It then died away for a time , but recommenced at six o'clock with fresh fury , and it was not until two in the afternoon that it came to an end . Villeneuve , seeing that all was lost , now woke up and cut his cables . Three of his ships ran aground , but with the _ Guillaume Tell _ and the _ Genereux _ and two frigates he made off , there being only one British ship that was in condition to make sail in pursuit . The two line-of-battle ships and one of the frigates were afterwards captured by a British squadron .