Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1779, ka riro i a Kapene Jones te mana o te kaipuke 42-gun, he kaipuke kaihokohoko i hangaia, i hoatu ki Amerika e te rangatira kaipuke French, a Jacques-Donatien Le Ray. I te 14 o Akuhata, i te mea he nui te reo Wīwī me te reo Paniora
I te whakatata mai o te ope whakaekenga ki Ingarangi, i whakawhiwhia e ia he whakararuraru ma te haere ki Ireland i te upoko o te roopu kaipuke e rima, tae atu ki te 36-gun, 32-gun USS "Pallas", 12-gun, me te "Le Cerf", e rua hoki nga kaiwhaiwhai, me te "Granville". I te mea he torutoru noa nga ra i waho o Groix, ka wehe a "Monsieur" na te koretake i waenga i tana rangatira me Jones. He maha nga kaipuke pakanga a Royal Navy i tukuna ki Ireland ki te whai i a Jones, engari i tenei wa, i haere tonu ia i te taha raki o Scotland ki te Moana ki te Raki. Ko nga raru nui a Jones, i tana haerenga o mua, na te koretake, ina koa na Pierre Landais, rangatira o "Alliance". I te Mahuru 23, 1779, i tutaki te kapa ki tetahi waka hokohoko nui i te takutai o Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Ko te 50-gun British frigate me te 22-gun hired armed ship i tuu i a ratau i waenga i te waka me te roopu o Jones, e tuku ana i nga kaihokohoko ki te mawhiti.