Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga rundunar sojin ruwan Faransa a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 1778 tare da mukamin mataimakin laftanan jirgin ruwa kuma an nada shi zuwa jirgin ruwan "Consolante", wanda ya yi aiki a karkashin Suffren. A shekara ta 1780, an daukaka shi zuwa Frigate Lieutenant, kuma ya shiga cikin "Consolante" a yakin Trincomalee
a ranar 3 ga Satumba 1782 da kuma a yakin Cuddalore a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1783. An gabatar da shi zuwa Sub-Lieutenant a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1786, Filhol-Camas ya yi aiki a tashar jiragen ruwa na Toulon da Le Havre, kafin ya dawo ya yi tafiya a matsayin jami'in kamfanin East India a kan "Duc de Normandie".