Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga 1747 har zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin a watan Oktoba na 1748, manufofin sojan ruwa na gwamnatin Burtaniya, ba tare da kaiwa matakin da ya dace ba, ya fi ƙarfin aiki da daidaito. An ci gaba da sa ido sosai a gabar tekun Faransa, kuma an dauki hanyoyi masu tasiri don hana sadarwa tsakanin Faransa da dukiyarta ta Amurka. A cikin bazara an sami bayanin cewa wani muhimmin jirgi na Gabas da Yammacin Indiya ya tashi daga L'Orient. An tsayar da motar ta Anson a ranar 3 ga Mayu, kuma a cikin yakin farko na Cape Finisterre
A lokacin yakin basasa, jiragen ruwa goma sha huɗu na Admiral George Anson na Birtaniya sun shafe 'yan gudun hijirar Faransa na jiragen ruwa shida da kuma' yan Indiya uku da ke dauke da makamai, ko da yake a halin yanzu jiragen ruwa sun tsere.