The English ship sailed with the new British Governor of Acadia Edward Tyng while the French ship sailed with the French Governor of Acadia Joseph Robineau de Villebon.

On 2 September, the new Governor was attacked by Villebon who was in the French frigate Soleil d’Afrique (32 guns), commanded by Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure.

Alden was sent to Boston to get 60 French soldiers captured by Phips in the Battle of Port Royal (1690).

[1] While in prison, Nelson sent intelligence to Boston about French plans for attacks against the Massachusetts colonies.

For this act, Nelson was punished by being transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Bastille prison in France.