Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te French Revolution, i noho a Traversay ki tona kainga o Martinique hei rangatira mo te French Navy. Ka tae mai ngā rongo o
I tae te hinga o te Bastille ki te moutere, ka tutu nga hoia French o te rohe ka whakahokia ki Lorient i runga i te "Active" a Traversay. I Parani hoki, i taka hoki te Navy French; I roa a Traversay e wehe ana, ka tukuna tana whanau ki tetahi waahi haumaru i Switzerland.