The French vessel La Bayonnaise capturing a Britishship in December 1798

The beaten British ship, to the left, tows the smaller victor!
See the article by Philippe Masson “Napoleon and England. Part I. Napoleon against the English Navy (1797-1805)” in the Revue du souvenir napoléonien, n°400 and at the link /us/us_cd/bib/articles/textes/SN400/us_SN400_napoleon_anglet.html