The French fleet in the Channel arrives…
March 1744 CE
The British ships had been able to run swiftly into nearby harbors, and had escaped the storms' worst damages.
The French government cannot see any immediate prospect of a successful second attempt, and the troops are badly needed elsewhere.
Saxe's forces are removed from the expedition, and instead march into Flanders to fight the Dutch and Hanoverians.
Many are happy to return to what they see as a more conventional form of soldiering, after the terrors of their seaborne voyage.