 At 11 : 00 , Rosseau gave orders for the French frigates to sail once more , slipping away from the British ships which had drifted to the north and anchoring safely between the batteries at Saint @-@ Vaast @-@ la @-@ Hougue and the island of Tatihou . Observing the strong position the French frigates had taken up , Grant sent messages to Malcolm 's force at Cherbourg requesting reinforcements . Malcolm brought Donegal and Revenge to support the frigates on 14 November , maintaining position off the anchorage despite a strong gale which caused Elisa to drag her anchors . Captain Fraycinet @-@ Saulce was forced to throw much of the ship 's stores overboard to prevent his frigate from being wrecked on the shore . The following day , Diana took advantage of the rising tide to attack the anchored Amazone , Captain Rosseau withdrawing deeper into the sheltered anchorage under protection from the batteries . Twice more Grant launched probing attacks on the French frigate , each time beaten off by heavy fire from the batteries . Joined by Malcolm and the remainder of the British force , four successive attacks were launched against Amazone , each one driven back by cannon fire . At 13 : 00 , with the tide falling , the British squadron was compelled to retreat to deeper water , out of range of the French . All four British ships had suffered under fire , with two killed and five wounded on Revenge , three wounded on Donegal and one wounded on Diana . French losses were a single man killed on Amazone . 
