Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1778, ya shiga rundunar sojan ruwa a matsayin mai kula da sojan ruwa. Ya yi aiki a kan "Fox" da "Concorde", ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Fort Royal a ranar 29 ga Afrilu da 30 ga Afrilu 1781, a cikin mamayewar Tobago a watan Mayu-Yuni, a cikin Yaƙin Chesapeake a ranar 5 ga Satumba, a cikin Yaƙin Saint Kitts a ranar 25 ga Janairu 1782, da kuma a cikin Yaƙin Saintes a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1782. An daukaka shi zuwa Ensign a watan Nuwamba 1781.