Warren exploits Linois's earlier frustration by making seven ships of the line appear to be a vulnerable, badly handled merchant convoy. Scattered sails and loose formation invite the French admiral to close before dawn, despite a subordinate warning that the contacts are British warships. At short range HMS London emerges as a 98-gun second rate against the 74-gun Marengo, while HMS Amazon engages Belle Poule and damages her rigging. Additional British ships arrive, and both French vessels surrender as the Pulo Aura deception works in reverse.
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Warren reverses the Pulo Aura disguise
In 1806 British ships of the line scatter like a badly handled merchant convoy, drawing Admiral Linois close enough for HMS London and the squadron to trap him.