 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure meizvi maGraves akaramba achishandiswa mukutungamira kwemamwe matender munharaunda yeBoston neRhode Island kusvikira, pakudzoka kwababamunini vake, akabatanazve na Preston ndokudzokera kuEngland; asi zvakare akatumirwa kuchiteshi cheNorth America muchikepe chimwe chete, chakatungamirwa naCommodore William Hotham. Muna 1779 akasimudzirwa kuva mutungamiri wechikepe paWest Indian neNorth America zviteshi, uye muna May 1781 akakwidziridzwa kuti atore chinzvimbo. Mukusavapo kwenguva pfupi kwaCommodore Edmund Affleck, akatungamira muhondo yeChesapeake musi wa5 Gunyana, uye akaenderera mberi mushure me Bedford, semutungamiri wenyika yaAffleck, aivapo mukubatana kuSt.pana 26 January 1782, uye muHondo yeSaints pana 9 na 12 April, umo Bedford yokupedzisira yakanga ine rutivi rwakatanhamara zvikuru. 