Launching the galleys under his command to the evacuation of the opposite shore, he himself took "a fast-sailing cutter", a decision that may have cost him his life.
Galejerne under hans kommando drog ud for at evakuere flygtningene på den modsatte kyst, og selv drog han ud med "en hurtigsejlende kutter", en beslutning som kan have kostet ham livet.