Nielly's squadron captured the Newfoundland convoy and its escort HMS Castor, making Captain Thomas Troubridge a prisoner aboard Sans Pareil. Troubridge remained on the French flagship through the campaign rather than returning immediately with his ship. His surviving papers preserve the action from this unusual captive viewpoint. His testimony provides a British observer's account from inside the opposing fleet.
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Thomas Troubridge watched the campaign as a prisoner
The capture of HMS Castor placed Captain Thomas Troubridge aboard Sans Pareil, leaving a British prisoner's written view of the French campaign.