 Martin ordered the captured "Berwick" and the damaged "Alceste" to detach for the protected anchorage at Gourjean Bay, while his fleet continued eastwards into the Gulf of Genoa.On same day as the capture of "Berwick", news of the French departure from Toulon reached Hotham at Leghorn from Genoa, with reports that the French had passed Île Sainte-Marguerite on 6 March, heading east.This was corroborated by the scouting sloop , which reported the French to the north-west, heading south.