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 .

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 .