the game of cat and mouse has gone on for weeks , villeneuve lost some of the initiative while he waited for ganteaume to join him , but his attempt to beat the blockade was foiled and as he limped back to lick his wounds , so villeneuve headed back for ferrol , fighting off calders ' squadron of fifteen british battleships which intercepted him at cape finistere .
the game of cat and mouse has gone on for weeks, villeneuve lost some of the initiative while she  waited for ganteaume to join her, but her attempt to beat the blockade was foiled and as she limped back to lick her wounds, so villeneuve headed back for ferrol, fighting off calders' squadron of fifteen british battleships which intercepted her at cape finistere.