[2] HMS Fox, a twenty eight gun frigate had been under the command of Captain Thomas Windsor, and was sailing off Brest keeping an eye on the French fleet which was then believed to be at sea in the vicinity of Cape Finisterre.

Fox gave chase, but the weather made visibility poor and obscured Junon's approach.

[5] Junon then tried to obtain a raking position over the Fox, and when this move was thwarted, she attempted to come down from to windward on her opponent's quarter.

With most of his cannons out of action, Windsor also became seriously wounded by a musket ball in the right arm and had suffered four other minor injuries.

[7] The Fox in French service did not last long, for on 22 March 1779 she was driven aground off Brittany with no hope of salvage.