Teen Stuck in Below Zero Temps - How He Survived http://doblive.email/6usMFjrKYaFZ6UjsixQHUa0mdnttrLhoWyd8tHoIODluUH4a http://doblive.email/vQIryDe-WUuAfyBURv-uELsHSnvzk3tCPvEDUjr76GfPgyE The British attacked with the French rear in a very loose formation, but three British ships were able to get on to the far side of the French line. This meant that three French ships at the rear of their line were attacked on both sides by the British. By being able to attack each of these three French ships with two of their own, the British compensated for their own ships being individually weaker; the three rearmost French ships were also their weakest. By 13:30, two of them had surrendered. The British repeated the procedure as they moved up the French line, bringing several of their ships to bear on each of the French and commencing each attack by firing canister shot into the rigging of the French ships' sails to immobilise them. The English sailors were better trained and better disciplined than the French, which enabled them to maintain a greater rate of fire and outshoot them.[note 3] By 15:30 another pair of French ships had struck their colours.[note 4] Of the remaining four French ships, three were engaged in running battles with superior forces of British ships, and each one's mobility was restricted after damage to their rigging. The French flagship, the Tonnant, the most powerful vessel in either squadron, was holding off her opponents, but was surrounded. The leading French ship, the Intrépide, not yet having been fully engaged, turned back into the fight. With her assistance, Tonnant was able to break free and the two ships escaped to the east, fruitlessly pursued by the British. The final pair of French ships, attacked on all sides, surrendered. Most of the British ships had attacked as aggressively as Hawke had wished, closing to "pistol shot" range – that is to say, very close rang