Facing forces vastly superior combined, but at most equal taken separately, Troude let the 74-gun Venerable catch on, and battered her with his 80 guns, leaving her dismasted and barely afloat.

This forced the rest of the British squadron to abandon the pursuit in order to aid Venerable, allowing Formidable to escape to Cádiz.

In March 1806, aboard the Armide, Troude helped repel an attack led by Robert Stopford at Les Sables-d'Olonne.

In April 1809, he led a squadron comprising 3 ships of the line and 2 fluyts to supply French positions in the Caribbean, with his flag on Courageux.

Meeting the British blockade off the Îles des Saintes on 15 April, he managed to break through but lost one of his ships of the line.