Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon watan Mayu na shekara ta 1747, rundunar sojojin Faransa biyu sun bar Rochefort; ɗaya don Indiya, ɗayan kuma don Amirka ta Arewa. 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. Rundunar sojojin Burtaniya karkashin jagorancin Admiral George Anson sun tashi don hana jirgin, kuma bayan da suka yi sintiri a Bay of Biscay,
ya sadu 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".