Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Daga nan sai ya tashi zuwa Portugal bayan
1755 Lisbon girgizar kasa, tafiya a kan "Hanover", wanda aka kama da Faransa privateers. An daure shi a Brest na tsawon kwanaki shida kafin a sake shi zuwa wata kurkuku a gabar Faransa. Daga bisani an musayar shi da wani jami'in Faransa da Birtaniya ta kama, kuma ya yi sauri ya tafi kwamishinoni na Marasa lafiya da Marasa Lafiya a London don neman taimako a madadin 'yan uwansa fursunoni. An yi imanin cewa wannan kwarewar ta haifar da sha'awar Howard a kurkuku.