I te tīmatanga o Mei 1747, e rua ngā waka French i wehe atu i Rochefort; kotahi i whakaritea mō Īnia, me te tahi atu mō Amerika ki te Raki. He kaipuke moana French i raro i te whakahau a Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, i runga i te "Sérieux" hei rangatira me te "Invincible" i whakarato i tetahi kaitiaki. I rere atu he kaipuke o Ingarangi i raro i te rangatira a George Anson ki te hopu i te waka, a, i muri i tana tirotiro i te Bay of Biscay, ka tutaki ki te kaipuke French
i te 14 o Mei, ki te raki-ki te hauauru o Cape Finisterre i Spain. I whakahaua e De la Jonquière tana kaipuke ki te raina whawhai, engari he nui ake te maha o nga Ingarihi, ana i muri i nga haora e toru, ka mau te kaipuke moana French katoa, tae atu ki te "Sérieux".