The British were too dispersed to be able to bring a powerful enough force to engage the French in equal battle and the distance between the individual British ships was too great to allow them to provide mutual support if Willaumez turned to face them.
She explains: "In the women's, it's more of an equal battle.
There's nowhere to hide – this is not really war, there's no real battle between equal soldiers, there's only massacre".
Far from the easy pass expected by many of the country's liberals, the referendum campaign has been a nasty battle between those in favour of equal rights and Ireland's hidden army of Catholic social conservatives.
The battle between artists and labels over more equal profits from digital streaming revenue has just turned in the artists' favor.
The march turned into a pitched battle between hundreds of officers, some on horses, and equal numbers of rioters, wearing bandannas and armed with makeshift weapons that included table legs and an aluminum crutch.
He has equal time on TV and radio, but faces a squeeze if the battle between Mr Howard and Mr Blair becomes more heated.
Similar in height, and in their down-to-earth characters, the battle between Hulkenberg and team-mate Paul di Resta, two promising rising stars in equal cars, was always expected to be one of the highlights of 2012 for discerning observers.
The Daily Express remarked that the film showcases "a terrifying showdown that easily equals Lord of the Rings or Star Wars in terms of a dramatic and memorable battle between good and evil".
