`` Junon '' was on a mission Arranging to carry Carry_goods trade goods from the Îles des Saintes near Guadeloupe back to France and was part of a succession of French warships sent Sending during 1808 and the early months of 1809 in an effort to break Destroying the British blockade Besieging of the French Caribbean , which was destroying Destroying the economies and morale of the islands .

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 .