Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Ingarihi-Whare i te tau 1778, i te mahi a Grenier i runga i te "Sphinx" 64-gun. I uru ia ki te Pakanga o Ushant, ana ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te whakahau mo te frigate "Boudeuse" i roto i te roopu i raro i a Estaing. I te 22 o Hanuere 1779, i mau ia i te kaipuke a Ingarangi "Weazle". I whai wāhi ia ki te Pakanga o Grenada me te
Te whakapae o Savannah i te Mahuru 1779. I te tau 1780, i te mahi ia ki te kawe waka. I whakatairangahia a Grenier ki te Kapene i te 9 o Mei 1781, ka mahi i runga i te "Bretagne". I muri mai ka mahi ia i nga taonga mo te roopu o Guichen.