Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1778, ya shiga Navy a matsayin Garde-Marine. 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 cikin yakin Chesapeake a ranar 5 ga Satumba, a cikin yakin Saint Kitts a ranar 25 ga Janairu, 1782, da kuma a cikin yakin Saintes
a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1782. An daukaka shi zuwa Ensign a watan Nuwamba 1781.