<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBall wangena eRoyal Navy, futhi ngo - August 7, 1778, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba uLieutenant. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva waqala ukuzihlanganisa eduze noSir George Rodney. UBall wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba umkhuzi ngomhlaka - 14 April 1782, ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemva kokunqoba kwenkosi yakhe  <response>: , futhi wathatha umyalo. Ngo-20 Mashi 1783 waba ngukaputeni. Lapho sekubuyiselwe ukuthula, uBall wanikezwa ikhefu elibizayo elinenkokhelo engaphansi. Wabe esehlala unyaka eFrance, enethemba lokufunda ulimi futhi aphile kahle ngokwezimali. UCaptain Horatio Nelson ngaleso sikhathi wayengathinteki neze ngomngani wakhe wesikhathi esizayo kanye nomlingani, futhi wachaza uBall ngokuthi uyisiphukuphuku esikhulu. 