How things stood on board the _Monmouth_ they knew before the night was out. Captain Gardiner was the only officer who had fallen. The four lieutenants of the ship had escaped without a scratch, as had the _Monmouth's_ two marine officers and Lieutenant Campbell. It was otherwise, unfortunately, among the men. The casualties between decks amounted to upwards of 24 per cent of the entire ship's company. The figures as officially returned were--29 killed and 81 wounded--110 altogether. Not a boat was left that could swim; the mizen-mast had been shot right away, smashed through close above the deck; the main-mast, riddled with holes, was tottering; every one of the sails had to be stripped from its yard and new sails bent; most of the rigging was lying in tangled heaps about the decks. In the _Foudroyant_, the prize-crew that was placed in charge had their work cut out for them in looking after prisoners below and stopping leaks and dangerous shot-holes. The deadly shooting of the _Monmouth_ had in parts almost rent the _Foudroyant_ open. More than seventy shot-holes through the hull were counted, low down, at or near the water-line. All over the hull, more than a hundred shot-holes were to be seen, gaping holes with jagged and splintered edges; and more shots than one had gone through some of the holes. Some of the _Monmouth's_ shots had even gone right through from side to side, leaving enormous rents in the _Foudroyant_ on the unengaged side of the ship where they had smashed their way out. To give an idea of the terrible hammering that the _Foudroyant_ underwent, it may be stated that the repairs to the hull at Portsmouth took eight months to execute, at an expense of L7000, just half the total sum at which the Admiralty Prize Court valued the whole ship for purchase from her captors. As far as could be made out, the _Foudroyant's_ casualties amounted to 190 officers and men killed and wounded; but the French practice of throwing the dead overboard in action as they fell, made it impossible to arrive at the exact figures. As well as could be managed on the spot, the two ships were cleared of wreckage and put in sea-going trim, and at noon next day, the 1st of March, they set out to rejoin Admiral Osborn, the _Swiftsure_ towing the _Foudroyant_, and the _Monmouth_ under her own canvas, under jury-rig, with the _Hampton Court_ close by in case of need.