<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Naphezu kokuzibonakalisa evelele eToulon, uHawke wathola amathuba ambalwa eminyakeni emithathu eyalandela. Kodwa-ke, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-Rear Admiral ngomhlaka-15 Julayi 1747 futhi waqokwa njengo-Second-in-Command we-Western Squadron, nefulegi lakhe esilinganisweni sesine ngo-Agasti 1747. Waqhubeka nokufaka esikhundleni sika-Admiral Peter Warren njengoMkhuzi Omkhulu, i-English Channel ophethe i-Western Squadron, ngefulegi lakhe esilinganisweni sesithathu, ngo-Okthoba 1747. UHawke wabe esezikhandla kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni ukusebenza kwabasebenzi bakhe futhi wagxilisa kubo umuzwa wokuziqhenya nokuthanda izwe. I-Western Squadron yayimiselwe ukuqapha amachweba aseChannel. Ngaphansi komlawuli wangaphambilini, iNkosi u-Anson, yayiphumelele ekuqukethe ugu lwaseFrance futhi ngoMeyi 1747 yanqoba  <response>: Impi yokuqala yaseCape Finisterre lapho ihlasela umkhumbi omkhulu owawusuka ethekwini. 