Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya tashi zuwa enseigne de vaisseau a 1777 da kuma lieutenant de vaisseau a watan Afrilu 1780, kafin ya yi aiki a kan jirgin ruwa mai suna "Terrible" sannan kuma "Zélé" a cikin rundunar Guichen. Ya yi yaƙi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe uku da Admiral Rodney a watan Afrilu da Mayu 1780, sa'an nan kuma a cikin yaƙi da Hood ta rundunar jiragen ruwa kafin Fort-de-France a watan Afrilu 1781. Ya kasance a duk yakin da ya shafi rundunar Grasse, ciki har da Chesapeake (Satumba 1781) da kuma kama Saint Kitts a watan Fabrairun 1782. Daga nan sai ya koma jirgin ruwa mai suna "Vestale", ba da gangan ba ya halarci yakin Les Saintes
Ka yi haƙuri. An sanya shi Chevalier de Saint-Louis a ƙarshen yaƙin.