Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1779, Kyaftin Jones ya dauki umurnin na 42-gun, wani jirgin ruwa na kasuwanci da aka sake ginawa kuma aka ba Amurka ta hanyar jirgin ruwa na Faransa, Jacques-Donatien Le Ray. A ranar 14 ga watan Agusta, a matsayin babbar rundunar sojojin Faransa da Spain
Ya kusanci Ingila, ya ba da rabuwa ta hanyar zuwa Ireland a kan jagorancin rundunar jiragen ruwa guda biyar ciki har da bindigogi 36, bindigogi 32, USS "Pallas", 12-gun, da kuma "Le Cerf", tare da 'yan kasuwa biyu, da kuma "Granville". Lokacin da rundunar ta kasance 'yan kwanaki ne kawai daga Groix, "Monsieur" ya rabu saboda rashin jituwa tsakanin kyaftin dinta da Jones. An aika da jiragen ruwa na Royal Navy da dama zuwa Ireland don bin Jones, amma a wannan lokacin, ya ci gaba da arewacin Scotland a cikin Tekun Arewa. Babban matsalolin Jones, kamar yadda yake a kan tafiyarsa ta baya, ya haifar da rashin biyayya, musamman ta Pierre Landais, kyaftin na "Alliance". A ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1779, rundunar ta haɗu da wani babban jirgin ruwa na kasuwanci a bakin tekun Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Frigate na Birtaniya mai bindigogi 50 da jirgin ruwa mai bindigogi 22 da aka yi hayar sun sanya kansu a tsakanin rundunar da Jones, suna barin 'yan kasuwa su tsere.