 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MaBritish mukupera kwa1779 akatanga zano idzva rakavakirwa papfungwa yokuti vanhu vakawanda vokumaodzanyemba vaiva vakavimbika mumwoyo. General Clinton akabvisa varwi veBritain muNewport, uye akaronga uto revarume vanopfuura 10 000 iro muhafu yokutanga ya1780 rakabudirira kukomba Charleston, South Carolina. Muna June 1780 akabata varwi neuto reContinental vanopfuura 5 000 mukukundwa kwakaipisisa kwevaAmerica muhondo yacho. Pakupera kwaMarch, Washington akanga atumira mauto akawanda kumaodzanyemba achibva muuto rake, achitarisira kuti aigona kuva nezvaizoita pane zvaaiona senjodzi yakanga yava kuda kuitika. Akarairawo mauto akagara muVirginia neNorth Carolina kumaodzanyemba, asi aya akabatwa muCharleston, kana kuti akapararira gare gare paWaxhaws neCamden. Camden yakaona kukundwa kunonyadzisa kwaGeneral Gates, uyo akanga agadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru wokumaodzanyemba neCongress pasina zano kana zivo yaWashington zvisati zvaitika. Gates akasiya mauto ake uye akadzokera nemabhiza pashure pokunge mitsetse yake yehondo yaputswa. Kuputsika kwacho kwakagumisa basa raGates somukuru mukuru, asi akadzivisa kubvunzurudzwa kwepamutemo pamusoro pomufambiro wake nemhaka yeukama hwake hwezvematongerwe enyika. 