Retiring for repairs , both sides called up Request reinforcements , the French receiving Receiving support Supporting first , from the Spanish fleet based at Cadiz , which sent Sending six ships of the line to escort the French squadron to safety .

In a furious and protracted engagement , `` Venerable '' suffered Bodily_harm heavy damage Damaging and was driven Motion ashore , allowing Preventing_or_letting the remainder of the French force to return Arriving to Cadiz without further fighting Hostile_encounter .

In the aftermath of the action Response , `` Venerable '' was towed Body_movement off the shoreline and back to Gibraltar for repairs , while the remainder of the British squadron restored Recovering the British blockade of the French and Spanish ships in Cadiz , returning Arriving the situation to that in place before the battle .

On board , Captain Edward Berry sailed Self_motion as a passenger , charged Judgment_communication with carrying Carry_goods despatches to the squadron under Earl St Vincent off Cadiz .

With the planned Arranging invasion impossible , Allemand began Process_start commerce raiding Attack in the Eastern Atlantic , capturing Conquering 43 merchant ships during his cruise and successfully disrupting Hindering the British blockade Besieging of Cadiz .

The Supreme Junta retreated Escaping to Cadiz and dissolved Dispersal itself , and the Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies replaced Change_of_leadership it .

This expedition , composed Come_together of seven ships of the line and three frigates under the orders of Rear-Admiral Richery sailed Self_motion from Cadiz in August 1796 accompanied by a much stronger Spanish squadron , commanded Control by General Solano , which had the aim of escorting it to the coast of Newfoundland .

These squadrons were joined Participation by a third under Rear-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth , who had deserted Escaping his station off Cadiz when he learned Education_teaching news of a French squadron to his south and subsequently crossed Motion_directional the Atlantic in pursuit of Willaumez .

The reinstatement of the liberal Constitution of Cadiz in 1820 resulted in Causation a change of mind among the elite groups who had supported Supporting Spanish rule .