The battle had lasted less than half an hour when the British called for quarter, the smoke cleared away, the cries of combat ceased, and both parties were able to count their losses.

The crew of the privateer had numbered thirty-seven, of whom seven were killed and twenty-four wounded.
The British had advanced to the attack with a force of one hundred and twenty-eight, in five boats.

Three of the boats drifted away empty, one was sunk, and one was captured.

Of the attacking force not one escaped; thirty were made prisoners, many of them sorely wounded, and the rest were either killed or swept away by the tide and drowned.

The privateers actually had more prisoners than they had men of their own.