 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Matthias Alexis Roche de Fermoy c. 1737 mushure ma1778 aive musoja wekuzvipira wekuFrance akashanda sa brigadier general muContinental Army. Akazvarwa muWest Indies, akanga ari mumwe wevatorwa vanoverengeka vakapiwa nzvimbo dzokutungamirira muuto muna 1776 Marquis de Lafayette ari mumwe wevakakurumbira zvikuru ava. Kugara kwaFermoy ari brigadier general kwakanga kwakaratidzirwa nokunyadziswa. Kunyange zvazvo akaita zvine hunyanzvi achitungamira brigade panguva yaDecember 26, 1776 Hondo yeTrenton, akasiya brigade yake ichiri kutora chinzvimbo chekudzivirira chinopesana neBritish mberi pamberi peHondo yeAsunpink Creek. Muna July 1777 mauto ake akanga achitora Mount Independence, chikamu chekudzivirira kwakapoteredza Fort Ticonderoga kuchamhembe kweNew York, pamberi peGeneral John Burgoyne. Apo chisarudzo chakaitwa chokurega basa racho muchivande mangwanani aJuly 6, Fermoy akaisa pangozi kushanda kwacho kupfurikidza nokupisa nzvimbo yake yokugara na2 mangwanani. Pashure pokunge arambwa nokuda kwokukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru, akasiya basa muna January 1778, uye akadzokera kuWest Indies. 