 Pari gbolohun yii: Ni opin ọdun 1781 Kapitan Thomas Shirley ninu ọkọ oju omi, papọ pẹlu ọkọ oju omi ogun Alligator, ni ọkọ oju omi lọ si Gold Coast ti Dutch pẹlu ọkọ oju omi ti o ni awọn ọkọ oju omi iṣowo diẹ ati awọn gbigbe. Ilẹ Gẹẹsì ni : ni ogun pẹlu Dutch Republic ati Shirley ṣe ifilọlẹ ikọlu ti ko ni aṣeyọri ni ọjọ 17 Kínní lori ile-iṣẹ Dutch ni Elmina, eyiti awọn Dutch ti da pada ni ọjọ mẹrin lẹhinna. Leander ati Shirley lẹhinna lọ lati gba awọn odi kekere Dutch ni Mouri Fort Nassau - 20 ibọn, Kormantine Courmantyne tabi Fort Amsterdam - 32 ibọn, Apam Fort Lijdzaamheid tabi Fort Patience - 22 ibọn, Senya Beraku Berricoe, Berku, Fort Barracco tabi Fort Goede Hoop - 18 ibọn, ati Accra Fort Crèvecœur - 32 ibọn. Àwọn ọmọ ogun tó wá láti Cape Coast Castle ni Shirley fi ṣe ibùdó náà. 