On the _Guerriere_ 3 had fallen and 11 were wounded by the fire of the enemy.
Believing that the rest of the Algerian squadron would make haste to their home port, Decatur hastened thither with the view of cutting them off.

If the Dey refused to come to terms, he intended to blockade the squadron and bombard the city.

It was on the 28th of June, 1815, that the American fleet appeared off Algiers, and the commander signalled a request for the Swedish consul to come aboard.

He came out a few hours later, accompanied by the Algerian captain of the port.

When Decatur proved by the testimony of one of the native prisoners that their admiral had been killed and his ship and a second one captured, the officer was astounded, and so alarmed that he asked the American commander on what terms he would make peace.
Decatur was prepared for this question, and produced a letter to the Dey from the President of the United States, in which it was declared that the only conditions upon which peace could be made was the full and final relinquishment by Algiers of all claim to tribute in the future, and the guarantee that American commerce would not be molested.