A British blockading force , which had been conducting Action patrols Patrolling in the region in the aftermath of the battle Hostile_encounter of St Marcou earlier in the month , encountered Hostile_encounter two French vessels attempting Hold to sail Self_motion unnoticed between Le Havre and Cherbourg .

Closing Motion_directional with the French , the British commander Sir Francis Laforey sought to bring Bringing the French ships to battle Hostile_encounter as they attempted Hold to turn Motion back to Le Havre before the British squadron could attack Attack .

There she was repaired Resolve_problem and eventually she returned Self_motion to Le Havre .

In the autumn of 1810 , a British squadron assigned Request to patrol Patrolling the Baie de la Seine was effectively isolating two French squadrons in the ports of Le Havre and Cherbourg .

On 12 November , the squadron in Le Havre , consisting Cause_to_be_included of frigates `` Elisa '' and `` Amazone '' attempted to reach Arriving Cherbourg at night in order to united Collaboration the squadrons .

The French ships were later refloated Recovering , and Malcolm 's squadron maintained the blockade Besieging until 27 November when `` Amazone '' successfully escaped Escaping back to Le Havre .

In November 1810 squadrons were based Presence at Cherbourg , with two ships of the line and the newly built Building frigate `` Iphigénie '' , and Le Havre , with the frigates `` Elisa '' and `` Amazone '' , commanded Control by Captains Louis-Henri Fraycinet-Saulce and Bernard-Louis Rosseau respectively .

To blockade Besieging these squadrons , the Royal Navy 's Channel Fleet had assigned Request the ships of the line HMS `` Donegal '' under Captain Pulteney Malcolm and HMS `` Revenge '' under Captain Charles Paget to patrol Patrolling the entrance to Cherbourg , while frigates HMS `` Diana '' under Captain Charles Grant and HMS `` Niobe '' under Captain John Wentworth Loring kept watch Scrutiny on Le Havre .

In late 1810 , French frigates `` Elisa '' and `` Amazone '' sailed Self_motion from Le Havre to join Becoming_a_member with a larger squadron at Cherbourg , but were intercepted Preventing_or_letting by a British frigate squadron and forced Conquering to shelter at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue .

There they came under sustained attack Attack and `` Elisa '' was destroyed Destroying , `` Amazone '' successfully slipping Motion back to Le Havre under cover of darkness .

On the evening of 23 March 1811 , `` Amazone '' left Departing Le Havre once more , sailing Self_motion west towards Cherbourg through the night .

Operation Cycle is the name of the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre , in the Pays de Caux of Upper Normandy from 1940 , towards the end of the Battle of France , during the Second World War .

The French and British commanders in the pocket decided Deciding to make Manufacturing for Le Havre and Fortune detached Arkforce , the equivalent of two brigades , to guard Patrolling the routes back to the port .

With an Allied withdrawal to Le Havre cut off , the Highlanders and the French retreated Escaping to St Valery-en-Caux , where from and soldiers were rescued Rescuing by the Navy .