I would not give him a shot till I was out of the reach of his broadside guns." "And then pound her with the midship gun.

That is my idea exactly.
Quartermaster, strike one bell." "One bell, sir." "Strike four bells, quartermaster," added the captain.
"Four bells, sir." The Chateaugay was soon going ahead at her best speed, headed directly away from the Dornoch, and it would have looked to an observer as though she was running away from her.

At any rate, the enemy made this interpretation of her movement, and immediately gave chase, opening fire upon the ship with her bow guns.

Presently she fired her heavy midship gun, the shot from which would have made havoc if it had hit the mark.
It was soon evident that the enemy's speed had been overrated, for the Chateaugay gained rapidly upon her.

A shot from her heavy gun knocked off the upper works on one side of the Eleuthera, but did no other damage.
At the end of two hours even the heavy gun of the enemy could not carry its shot to the chase.