On 29 April, supported by Sérieux, he defeated five English ships, allowing the convoy to safely reach Marseille.

In December 1711, Cassard obtained the command of a 6-ship squadron and embarked on an expedition in which he raided English, Dutch and Portuguese colonies in Cape Verde and in the Caribbean.

Negotiations started, and on 27 October Cassard left with ƒ747,350 (€8.1 million in 2018[1]) worth of goods and slaves.

[2] After the Treaty of Utrecht and the end of the war in 1713, Cassard started numerous trials to obtain payments.

In 1736, he was declared insane after insulting the Cardinal de Fleury, and detained in Ham, where he died four years later.