<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: 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 kokushona kwesikhulu sakhe  <response>: wanqoba, futhi wathatha umyalo. Ngo-20 Mashi 1783 waba ngukaputeni. Lapho sekubuyiselwe ukuthula, uBall wathola 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. 