One and a quarter hours in, "Pique" ran her bow on board "Blanche", making her unable to bring any of her guns to bear on "Blanche" and (once the English crew had rapidly lashed the French ship's bowsprit to the remains of "Blanche"s main mast) unable to manoeuvre. Faulknor was wounded by an initial musket shot, but continued to direct the action until around 3am when a second musket shot struck his heart and killed him. Lieutenant Frederick Watkins took over command. Two hours later at 5am the "Pique" surrendered.