From 1709 he captained steadily bigger ships and, was in command of the ship-of-the-line "Nældebladet" in the Battle of Køge Bay (1710), but complained in 1712 that he had been passed over for promotion before further promotion in 1713. Later in 1713, stationed in the Jutland town of Aabenraa to counter the smuggling of contraband, he was also in charge of the embarkation and repatriation of the Swedish troops under Stenbock after that country's defeat at the Siege of Tönning.