A squadron of eleven Spanish galleys under John of Austria the Younger captured the French galleon Lion Couronné after a fight.

In early 1651, the Spaniards began preparations for a military campaign against the Catalan Revolt and its ally France, taking advantage of several favorable circumstances to carry it out.

[3] From the heights of that place, the Spaniards saw that in Formentera, off Ibiza, there was a French galleon and a saetía prize that were also protecting themselves from the strong wind.

[D] To carry out the attack, John placed the eleven galleys behind a point of the islands to await the departure of the Lion Couronné and the saetía.

[3] The French observed this movement, La Chesnaye sank the saetia and moved the crew to defend the galleon, then proceeded to attack the galleys with the guns to repel them.