He served under Abraham Duquesne during the campaigns of 1676, and became a commander in 1690 during the War of the Grand Alliance. He flew his personal flag on the "Soleil-Royal", where it would stay until the battle of La Hougue in 1692. At the Battle of Beachy Head ("Victoire de Béveziers"), 1690, he defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet, sinking or capturing seven enemy ships.