Maurice remained with "Concorde" after Captain Anthony Hunt replaced Strachan and served in the Western Approaches based out of Falmouth. Maurice saw action at the Battle of Groix on 23 June 1795 and then during the Quiberon expedition under Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren. Warren gave Maurice an acting commission as a lieutenant in August aboard the 74-gun under Captain Albemarle Bertie. Maurice returned to "Concorde" in January 1796, serving at first under his old captain Hunt, and when he was replaced, under Captain Richard Bagot. He was briefly aboard Lord Bridport's flagship, the 100-gun for three weeks in February 1797, before taking an acting commission aboard the 80-gun , a commission confirmed by the Admiralty on 3 April 1797.