Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon Mayu 1747, wasu jiragen ruwa biyu na Faransa sun bar Rochefort; daya da aka nufa zuwa Indiya, ɗayan kuma zuwa Arewacin Amurka. Rundunar sojan ruwa ta Faransa a karkashin umurnin Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, a kan jirgin "Sérieux" a matsayin babban jirginsa kuma a kan "Invincible" ya ba da rakiya. Jirgin ruwan Burtaniya wanda Admiral George Anson ya jagoranta ya tashi don ya tsayar da motar, kuma bayan ya yi sintiri a Tekun Biscay, ya ci karo da jirgin ruwan Faransa
a ranar 14 ga Mayu, arewa maso yammacin Cape Finisterre a Spain. De la Jonquière ya umarci rundunarsa a cikin wani yaki, amma sun kasance da yawa daga Birtaniya, kuma bayan sa'o'i uku, an kama dukkanin jiragen ruwa na Faransa, ciki har da "Sérieux".