Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Alms ya yi aiki a cikin sojan ruwa tun yana ƙarami, yana ganin ayyukansa na farko a cikin Bahar Rum da gabar tekun Faransa, kafin ya fita zuwa Gabashin Indiya. Ya tsira daga hatsarin jirgin ruwa wanda ya yi ikirarin yawancin abokan aikinsa, kuma ya koma Ingila ba da daɗewa ba, bayan ya sami mukamin Laftanar. Ya kasance a takaice a Gabashin Indiya don yin aiki a farkon shekarun Yakin Shekaru Bakwai, kafin ya tafi West Indies a matsayin mai kula da jirgin ruwa. Bayan ya shiga cikin wasu muhimman ayyuka a cikin Caribbean, ya koma Birtaniya bayan karshen yakin, kuma ya yi ritaya a bakin teku. Da yake komawa aiki bayan fashewar yakin Amurka na Independence, ya tafi Gabashin Indiya a cikin umurnin jirgin nasa. Ya ga aikin a mafi yawan alkawurran tsakanin Sir Edward Hughes da Bailli de Suffren, musamman ma ya bambanta kansa a
Yaƙin Providien. Ya yi ritaya a bakin teku bayan karshen yakin, kuma ya mutu a 1791.