Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tīmatanga o ngā Pakanga o Napoléon, ka uru atu a d'Aboville ki te haerenga ki Martinique, i raro i ngā whakahau a te Tumuaki Lauriston. I te hokinga mai o te haerenga, i whakanohoia a d'Aboville ki te rangatira o te papahiko 36-pauna o te kaipuke o te raina "Bucentaure", i uru ki te pakanga i uru ai te roopu French ki tera o te British Admiral Robert Calder. I te hokinga ki Parani i te Pipiri 1804, i whakahaua ia kia uru atu ki te "Grande Armée". I whai wāhi nui a ia ki te Pakanga o te Whā o ngā Rōpū
, i te wa i eke ai ia ki te taumata o te Koronela, ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te wehenga o te Legion of Honour (1807), mo te whakaora i te pu o te 6th Corps, i whakaekehia e te tini o nga Cossacks, i nga taha o te awa Passarge.