 He was afterwards involved at the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine and others, before joining HMS "Alfred" as captain of Marines and fighting at the Battle of St Vincent.In 1781 he was in Guernsey but in 1783 transferred to the 11th Regiment of Foot and spent 6 years in Gibraltar.In 1790 he was back in the Americas as an aide to the Duke of Kent in Quebec and the West Indies, where he took part in the capture of Martinique.