Against this obstacle Boisot drove his ship, the 'Red Lion,' with his customary audacity, but did not succeed in cutting it through.

His vessel, the largest of the feet, became entangled: he was, at the same time, attacked from a distance by the besiegers.

The tide ebbed and left his ship aground, while the other vessels had been beaten back by the enemy.

Night approached; and there was no possibility of accomplishing the enterprise.

His ship was hopelessly stranded.