Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Brest, umurnin "Marseillois" ya wuce zuwa Kyaftin Henri-César de Castellane Majastre, kuma ya zama wani ɓangare na rundunar soja a karkashin Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse. Champmartin shi ne jami'in farko, kuma wani matashi Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ya yi aiki a cikin jirgin a matsayin mai shiga. A ranar 22 ga Maris, 1781, jirgin ya tashi zuwa Amurka don ƙarfafa sojojin D'Estaing a can, ya isa Martinique a ranar 29 ga Afrilu. A can, jirgin ya sadu da sojojin Birtaniya a karkashin Admiral Hood, da kuma yakin Fort Royal
ya ɓarke, wani doguwar gwagwarmayar bindigogi da ba ta yanke hukunci ba wanda ya ci gaba har sai Birtaniya ta koma baya a rana mai zuwa saboda lalacewar da HMS "Intrepid", "Centaur" da "Russell" suka yi.