Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ná mmalite May 1747, ìgwè ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke ndị France hapụrụ Rochefort; otu bụ nke e bu n'uche ịga India, nke ọzọ abụrụ nke e bu n'uche ịga North America. Otu ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha France n'okpuru iwu nke Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, n'ụgbọ "Sérieux" dị ka ọkọlọtọ ya na "Invincible" nyere escort. Ụgbọ mmiri ndị Briten nke Admiral George Anson na-edu buuru ụgbọ mmiri ha gaa ịnapụta ụgbọ ahụ, mgbe ha nyochasịrị Ọwara Oké Osimiri Biscay,
zutere ụgbọ mmiri ndị France na 14 Mee, na north-west nke Cape Finisterre na Spain. De la Jonquière nyere iwu ka ụgbọ mmiri ya banye n'ọgbọ agha, mana ndị Britain karịrị ha nke ukwuu, na mgbe awa atọ gasịrị, e jidere ụgbọ mmiri ndị agha France niile, gụnyere "Sérieux".