on 20 october , saumarez was waiting Motion off cape barfleur for french movement when his lookout sighted Know `` UNK '' and the cutter `` UNK '' approaching Arriving from open water .

The Action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Batavian Navy .

Closing to investigate Scrutiny , the ships were discovered Know to be a Batavian squadron of two frigates and a small cutter .

Captain Charles Elliot was the chief superintendent of British trade in China , and he sailed Self_motion to Kowloon in the cutter `` Louisa '' for food supplies Supply during the embargo Process_end , accompanied by the schooner `` Pearl '' and a pinnace from HMS `` Volage '' .