 Retrieving his boats , Corbet determined to sail to Île Bourbon directly . By 04 : 00 on 12 September he had arrived at Saint @-@ Denis and there landed his wounded and came ashore for news , learning that two French frigates were just offshore , blockading the port . The French ships had spotted Africaine in the harbour and despatched the small brig Entreprenant to Isle de France with information of her whereabouts , although Corbet had raised flags that successfully deceived the French into believing that his frigate was Rowley 's flagship HMS Boadicea . The French ships were Astrée , commanded by Pierre Bouvet , and Iphigénie , formerly one of the British frigates captured at Grand Port , under René Lemarant de Kerdaniel . 
 Retrieving his boats , Corbet determined to sail to Île Bourbon directly . By 04 : 00 on 12 September he <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> arrived at Saint @-@ Denis and <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> landed his wounded and came ashore for news , learning that two French frigates <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> just offshore , blockading the port . The French ships <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> spotted Africaine in the harbour and despatched the small brig Entreprenant to Isle de France with information of her whereabouts , although Corbet <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> raised flags <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>successfully deceived the French into believing that his frigate was Rowley <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>flagship HMS Boadicea . The French ships <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> Astrée , commanded by Pierre Bouvet , and Iphigénie , formerly one of the British frigates captured at Grand Port , under René Lemarant de Kerdaniel . 
Retrieving his boats , Corbet determined to sail to Île Bourbon directly . By 04 : 00 on 12 September he done arrived at Saint @-@ Denis and it landed his wounded and came ashore fir news , learning that 2 French frigates was jus offshore , blockading the port . The French ships done spotted Africaine in the harbour and despatched the small brig Entreprenant to Isle de France with information of her whereabouts , although Corbet done raised flags successfully deceived the French into believing that his frigate was Rowley  flagship HMS Boadicea . The French ships was Astrée , commanded by Pierre Bouvet , and Iphigénie , formerly one of the British frigates captured at Grand Port , under René Lemarant de Kerdaniel .