Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1778, ya shiga rundunar sojan ruwa a matsayin mai kula da sojan ruwa. Ya yi aiki a kan "Fox" da "Concorde", yana shiga cikin yakin Fort Royal a ranar 29 ga Afrilu da 30 ga Afrilu, 1781, a cikin mamayewar Tobago a watan Mayu-Yuni, a yakin Chesapeake a ranar 5 ga Satumba, a yakin Saint Kitts a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1782, kuma a cikin
Yaƙin Saintes a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1782. An daukaka shi zuwa Ensign a watan Nuwamba 1781.