 In April 1794, in the context of the Atlantic campaign of May 1794, he set his mark on the "Sans Pareil" and led a 5-ship and 2-frigate strong squadron to meet with the convoy led by Van Stabel.He failed to meet the convoy, but on 8 May, the squadron met and captured HMS "Castor", as well as 30 merchantmen that she escorted .The frigate "Unité" also captured the 16-gun sloop HMS "Alert" .