After a brief exchange of fire Use_firearm , their crews ran Self_motion both French ships onshore close to the mouth of the River Dives , where several of the landing barges that had survived the attack Attack on the British-held Îles Saint-Marcouf were sheltering .

The French ships took Getting shelter at the heavily fortified Iles Saint-Marcouf , sailing Self_motion the following morning for the anchorage Placing at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue .