He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati, and Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Louis.

On 14 November 1770, he signed a peace treaty with Ali II ibn Hussein, in an effort to settle the question of the Barbary pirates.

[3] In 1778, he was appointed second in command under Estaing in the French expeditionary force for War of American Independence, with his flag on the 74-gun César.

[3] After Estaing was wounded at Savannah, Broves took effective command until the fleet returned to France in late 1779.

[3] Returned to France, Broves was promoted to Lieutenant général des Armées navales.