 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakupera kwa1777 akagadzwa kuva mukuru wechikepe chine zvombo 50, chaiva chikuru chaRear-Admiral Sir Peter Parker. Musi wa 26 December 1777 Parker akafamba nechikepe kubva kuPortsmouth nechikwata chezvikepe, achitakura mauto aitungamirirwa naEarl Cornwallis, kuti arwise Charleston, South Carolina. Chikwata ichi chakasvika paCape Fear muna May, uye chakabatana naGeneral Henry Clinton nemasoja ake. Mauto akabatanidzwa akafambira mberi achikwidza rwizi kusvikira asvika pachitsuwa chakasimba cheSullivans Island. Muhondo yakateveramusi wa 28 June maBritish akakundikana kukunda varwiri kana kurwisa nepanyika. Bristol yakatakura mutoro unorema wokupfura kweAmerica uye yakava navarume 111 vakaurawa uye vakakuvadzwa. Pakupedzisira vaBritain vakadzokera shure, ndokuenda kuchamhembe kunorwisa New York. Nugent akanga achishanda somutevedzeri-mutungamiri panguva yekurwiswa kweSullivans Island, uye muna September 1777 akatevera Parker mu. Muna December Parker naClinton vakatumirwa kuchamhembe kunotora Rhode Island, iyo yakatorwa pasina kurwisa. Pakutanga kwa 1778 Parker akaenda kuJamaica kunoshanda semutungamiri mukuru, uye musi wa 26 Chivabvu akasimudzira Nugent kusvika pachinzvimbo chemutungamiri, kukwidziridzwa kwake kune lieutenant kusvika parizvino kusati kwasimbiswa neAdmiralty, uye nekudaro zita rake rinotanga kuoneka mu Navy List semutungamiri. 