Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da aka ba shi izini, daga Yuni zuwa Satumba 1779, "Auguste" ya kewaya Channel a ƙarƙashin Kyaftin de Rochechouart. Ta shiga cikin yakin St. Lucia, yakin Fort Royal
da kuma yakin Chesapeake karkashin Kyaftin Castellan, a matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na Blue-and-White squadron karkashin Chef d'Escadre Bougainville. Ta kuma kasance a yakin Saintes a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1782.