Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupedza zvidzidzo zvake muna 1774, Folch akarwa muhondo dzemauto muNorth Africa neMediterranean kwemakore akati wandei, kusanganisira Siege yeMelilla (1774<unk>75), Invasion yeAlgiers
, uye kukombwa kweGibraltar (1780). Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant muna 1780 uye muna 1786 akawana chinzvimbo chekaputeni. Folch akasvika muAmerica muna 1780 neuto remunda ("Ejército de Operaciones") raitungamirirwa naVictoriano de Navia, uye akashanda nzira yake kuburikidza nematanho kusvikira akwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni musi waNovember 22, 1786. Mwedzi minomwe gare gare, musi waJune 19, 1787, akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri wepositi paMobile, kwaakaronga kuongorora uye kuranga maMaroon. Muna August 1793, Folch akapiwa basa rokuongorora gungwa kuti anyore mepu yepakati pemhenderekedzo yokumadokero yedunhu reEast Florida, nzvimbo yakapoteredza Tampa Bay. Pashure pokupedza basa iri rakaoma, gavhuna weLouisiana, Baron Carondelet, akamugadza kuti atungamirire zvikepe zviduku zviviri zvaakanga agadzirira kuti zvifambe mumhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo nomuromo woRwizi rweMississippi. Folch akaita basa iri kubva muna July, 1794, kusvika muna July, 1795. Musi waJuly 28, 1795, Carondelet akabva agadza Folch kuti ave mutungamiriri mutsva wenhare yeSan Fernando de las Barrancas. Iyi yakanga iri nzvimbo yakaoma paChickasaw Bluffs inotarira Mississippi, nzvimbo yanhasi yeMemphis, Tennessee. Folch akashanda ikoko kusvikira muna September 1796. Akabva apiwa basa kuPensacola, kwaakashanda semutungamiriri kubva musi waSeptember 30, 1795, kusvika musi waMarch 30, 1804. Muna June 1796 akagadzwa kuva gavhuna weWest Florida.