[3][4] La Corned served at Isle de France (Mauritius), and from 1781 he was with the squadron under Suffren operating in the Indian Ocean as second Lieutenant on the 64-gun Brillant.
[3] On 14 July 1782, in the midst of Suffren's reshuffling of his captains after the Battle of Negapatam, La Corne was given command of the 32-gun frigate Fine.
[4] On 28 July 1782, Fine joined Suffren's squadron at Bahour, where a diplomatic meeting with Hyder Ali was taking place.
[8][Note 2] On 23 September, Labbé de Saint-George replaced La Corne as captain of Fine.
[9] La Corne was hostile to the French Revolution, and joined the Armée des émigrés in 1792 at Enghien.