translate English to French: At any rate his salvoes marched along beside the ship, keeping perfect step with her movements, and Nootka steadied on a straight course, being "very loath to upset so amicable an arrangement."25 All this time the range was lengthening and at 9,000 yards the enemy’s salvoes began to drop astern.
Pendant tout ce tempslà, la distance s’était accrue et, à 9,000 yards, les obus de l’ennemi commencèrent à tomber derrière le navire.