Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Hui-tanguru 1779, i whakatairangahia ia hei Ensign, ā, i whakaritea ki te "Sévère" e 64 nga pu, i raro i tōna matua ake. I whai a La Pallière i tona papa i runga i te "Orient" 74-gun i te wa i whakatairangahia ai ia ki taua whakahau. I runga i te "Orient", i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Sadras i te 17 o Hui-tanguru 1782, i te Pakanga o Providien
i te 12 o Paenga-whāwhā 1782, i te Pakanga o Negapatam i te 6 o Hōngongoi 1782 me te Pakanga o Trincomalee mai i te 25 o Akuhata ki te 3 o Hepetema 1782. I te 8 o Hepetema 1782, ka rere te "Orient" ki Pointe de Sale, tata ki Trincomalee, i a La Pallière e tiaki ana. I ngaro katoa ia. Nā reira ka whakakorehia a Ensign La Pallière i te Navy.