The latter was so badly damaged by the well directed fire of the American that the captain called for quarter.

Ceasing her firing, Captain Jones lowered a boat and sent it to the _Drake_ to take possession.
As an evidence of the effect of the fire of the _Ranger_, the following words may be quoted from Jones's official report: "Her fore and maintopsail yards being cut away and down on the caps, the topgallant yard and mizzen gaff both hanging up and down along the mast, the second ensign which they had hoisted shot away and hanging on the quarter gallery in the water, the jib shot away and hanging in the water, her sails and rigging cut entirely to pieces, her masts and yards all wounded and her hull very much galled." The damages to the _Ranger_ were so slight they were repaired by the close of the following day, when she got under sail with her prize.
Despite the swarm of cruisers that were hunting for him, Jones passed unscathed through North Channel, along the western coast of Ireland and arrived at Brest, in France, within a month of the day he left the port, his cruise having been one of the most remarkable in naval history..