Original sentence: Although the peruvian destroyer was superior in dimensions, performance and weaponry, the Ecuadorian cannon-boat managed to score vital hits against it without suffering own damage.As a result, it had to withdraw.At 11:30 a fire-fight broke out between those two.The fire-fight ended at 11:46 with a strategic victory for the Ecuadorian navy since it had prevented a sea blockade between Guayaquil and Puerto Bolivar
Edited sentence: Both vessels exchanged fire and the ecuadorean ship returned inmediatly to Puerto Bolivar to avoid being destroyed by the Peruvian vessel.This incident did not have any consequences in the war operations