Ya tashi zuwa enseigne de vaisseau a shekara ta 1777 da kuma lieutenant de vaisseau a watan Afrilu na 1780, kafin ya yi aiki a kan jirgin ruwa mai suna "Terrible" sannan kuma "Zélé" a cikin rundunar Guichen. Ya yi yaƙi a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe uku da Admiral Rodney a watan Afrilu da Mayu 1780, sa'an nan kuma a cikin yaƙi da Hood ta rundunar jiragen ruwa kafin Fort-de-France a watan Afrilu 1781. Ya kasance a duk yakin da ya shafi rundunar Grasse, ciki har da Chesapeake (Satumba 1781) da kuma kama Saint Kitts a watan Fabrairun 1782. Sa'an nan kuma ya koma cikin frigate "Vestale", da damar da ya ba ya nan a lokacin
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