Captain Francis Laforey on `` Carysfort '' immediately attacked Attack the larger ship and in an engagement lasting an hour and fifteen minutes successfully forced its captain to surrender Surrendering , discovering Know a number of British prisoners of war below decks .

`` Castor '' was subsequently taken Bringing back to Britain and an extended legal case ensued Process_start between the Admiralty and Captain Laforey over the amount of prize money that should be awarded for the victory .

After an hour and twenty minutes the French captain surrendered Surrendering , Captain Henry Newcome of `` Orpheus '' taking over Change_of_leadership the captured ship and bringing Bringing his prize back to port in India .

The British convoy , escorted Patrolling by ( 74 guns , under Captain Sir John Moutray ) and two frigates - `` Thetis '' ( 36 guns ) and `` Southampton '' ( 36 guns ) , sailed Self_motion from Portsmouth on 27 July .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California , led by Captain Jack ( Kintpuash in Modoc ) .

The US Army forces tried to dislodge Removing the Modoc from the natural fortress , now called Request Captain Jack 's Stronghold , in the lava beds along the south shore of Tule Lake in northeastern California .