Made a "capitaine de vaisseau" in June 1689, he commanded the "Neptune" in the Battle of Beachy Head (1690). After a campaign in the North Sea in 1691, he commanded the "Perle" in Barfleur, where he was wounded. He greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Lagos in 1693. Commanding the "Marquis" in 1695, he campaigned in the Mediterranean and Constantinople. In 1697, he served in Catalonia in the siege of Barcelona.