 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1761 Desaguliers akadanwa kubva kuedza kwake uye anogadzira kuti atore kutungamira kwechitima chekukomba uye simba revarwi vemapfuti rakagadzirirwa kuperekedza rwendo kuenda kuchitsuwa cheBelleisle, kumhenderekedzo yokumadokero yeFrance. Uyu wakanga uri mukana wokutanga wokuedza pamwero mukuru kuvandudzwa kwakaitwa muzvombo zvehondo kubvira pamazuva aMarlborough, uye Desaguliers akakwanisa kushandisa pfungwa dzake. Mukuru mukuru Studholme Hodgson akanga ari mutungamiriri, aine maGeneral John Crauford, William Howe, John Burgoyne, naGuy Carleton pasi pake. Apo Desaguliers yakasvika paBelleisle musi wa 12 April nechigaro chenguva pfupi che brigadier-general, imwe nhamburiko isina kubudirira yakanga yatove yaitwa kuti iburuke. Desaguliers pakarepo akazvipira kuongorora, uye nokuisa zvimwe zvombo zvake zvinorema muzvikepe zvengarava, akakwanisa kufukidza kumhara kweuto. Chitsuwa chacho chakakurumidza kuzviisa pasi, uye General Hodgson akarayira Desaguliers kuti vagadzire nhare. Chinyorwa chezuva nezuva chaakachengeta panguva yekukombwa kwemabasa ake ese chakachengetwa muRoyal Artillery Institutions Library kuWoolwich, uye chinoumba hwaro hwerondedzero yakapihwa nekukombwa naFrancis Duncan mu Nhoroondo yeRoyal Regiment yeArtillery. Varwi vakagovera pfuti makumi matatu namagranada makumi matatu mubheteri, vakapfura pfuti 17 000 namapurisa 12 000 muimba huru. Akanga ane zvinetso zvikuru zvokurwisana nazvo nemhaka yokufashukira kwemakomba, uye akakuvadzwa mazuva mashanu pamberi pekugoverwa kweimba yakavakirirwa musi wa 7 June. 