On the afternoon of 19 February however the overladen French warship was discovered Know by the British HMS `` Phoebe '' and rapidly chased Motion down and brought Causation to action .

In an engagement Hostile_encounter lasting Process_end two hours , the French ship was reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to a wallowing wreck Damaging as broadsides from `` Phoebe '' tore Removing through the hull , rigging and the soldiers packed Placing on the decks : by the time `` Africaine '' surrendered Surrendering , 200 men were dead Death and another 143 wounded Bodily_harm .