After doing what they could to patch up their craft by stuffing blankets, mattresses, and gas capes into the holes and buttressing the catch with lumber, the LCI s' crews found time for a game of baseball on the beach, which was by now entirely free from enemy fire.

With the night came enemy bombers. They had been expected. In fact, the bombing seemed worse than it really was because worse bombing had been expected. The LCI's had several narrow escapes; in particular, two anti-personnel bomb casings landed either side of LCI 270 and several bombs were less than 250 yards away near the beach exits. One of the bombs probably carried away 270's kedge, and as a result she broached to on the beach and began pounding in the surf against the wreck of an LCA.

On the second day on the beach, the 7th, further repairs were carried out with borrowed damage control gear, including cement and additional lumber, but even with these materials a hole such as 115's was almost impossible to patch.

By the evening of the third day the LCI's realized that they would be able to get little further help from the engineers on the beach and that if their craft were to be saved they must attempt to unbeach and return to England. Only LCI 263 had the approval of the engineers to make the attempt but the others decided to try since they had nothing to lose and the possibility of saving their craft. Therefore, at high tide, about 2300 on the 8th, LCI's 115, 299, 263 and finally 270 got off the beach with the help of bulldozers. LCI 270 was the last off, and as she was getting clear of the beach the German bombers came over for the their night's work, dropping more anti-personnel bombs along the beach. One of these bombs caught 270 under the bridge on the port side and slightly wounded four ratings.

The LCI's anchored for the night well clear of the beach. There were several more raids on the beach during the night and a few bombs fell on the anchorage. At dawn on the 9th there was a bad raid and the Canadian LCI's were among the dozens of ships that opened fire on four Focke Wulf 190's.

At 0530 the LCI's weighed anchor and went to look for a convoy sailing for Portsmouth, and for medical treatment for LCI 270's casualties. H.M.S. "SCYLLA" took the casualties and H.M.S. HILARY" eventually gave the LCI's their sailing orders. It was not until the afternoon at 1500 that the LCI's got away in a group sailing for the Solent. LCI 299 had to tow 115 but the others were able to proceed under their own power in spite of sea-water damage to their engine rooms, which finished the one set of engines in LCI 270. Navigation was a problem on the return trip since the LCI's had burned all their signal books and chars on the beach for fear of capture in case of an enemy counter attack, but they got back on borrowed charts at 1020 on the 10th.