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The French formed their order on one of the close-hauled lines, and fled; but of course their fleet-speed was less than that of the fastest English ships.
Keppel was to leeward and wished to force an action; in order to do this he signalled a general chase to windward, so that his fastest ships might overtake the slower ones of the enemy. Granting equal original fleet-speed, this was quite correct. D'Orvilliers, to windward, had no intention of fighting except on his own terms.
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