<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Naphezu kokuzigqama eTouillon, 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, yayibambe ngempumelelo ugu lwaseFrance futhi ngoMeyi 1747 yanqoba iMpi Yokuqala yaseCape Finisterre  <response>: lapho ihlasela umkhumbi omkhulu owawusuka ethekwini. 