Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I Brest, ko te whakahau a "Marseillois" i whakawhiti ki a Kapene Henri-César de Castellane Majastre, a ka uru ia ki tetahi roopu i raro i a Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Ko Champmartin te rangatira tuatahi, a ko te taiohi a Pierre-Charles Villeneuve i mahi i runga i te kaipuke hei ensign. I te 22 o Poutu-te-rangi 1781, ka rere te kaipuke ki Amerika ki te whakakaha i nga ope a D'Estaing i reira, ka tae atu ki Martinique i te 29 o Paenga-whawha. I reira, i tutaki te kaipuke ki nga ope o Ingarangi i raro i te Admiral Hood, me te
I pakaru te Pakanga o Fort Royal, he whawhai pupuhi roa-roa i roa tae noa ki te wehenga o nga Ingarihi i te ra i muri mai na te kino i pa ki a HMS "Intrepid", "Centaur" me "Russell".