Ensign de Corbiere, aware of Colonel Parker's plan, ambushed and surrounded Parker's forces as they approached the shore in bateaux (shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boats). In the ensuing rout Colonel Parker lost approximately 250 men with nearly 160 men killed or drowned and the rest taken prisoner.
Ensign de Corbiere, anticipating Colonel Parker's tactics, laid an ambush as Parker's forces approached the shore in flat-bottomed vessels. The subsequent melee resulted in significant losses for Parker, with approximately 250 of his men falling, along with nearly 160 killed or drowned and the remainder taken prisoner.