I te 20 o Hepetema 1780, i riro i a Reynolds te mana o te HMS "Monarch", he kaipuke o te raina e mau ana i nga pupuhi 74 ka rere me nga whakakaha a Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood i ahu atu ki nga West Indies i te mutunga o Oketopa. I tae ia ki te hopu o Saint Eustatius i te 3 o Hui-tanguru 1781, a i tohua e Admiral George Rodney ki te wehe me te "Monarch", HMS "Panther" me te HMS "Sybil", me te whai i te frigate Dutch "Mars". I te 4 o Hui-tanguru ka whakaekea e Reynolds a Mars, ka akiaki ia ki te patu i ona tae me te tuku. I te wa o te mahi i mate te rangatira matua, a Rear-Admiral Willem Krull. I te 29 o Paenga-whāwhā, e mahi ana i raro i a Admiral Hood, ko Reynolds, kei te whakahau tonu i te "Monarch", i te pakanga o Fort Royal
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