 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - maBritish akatanga zano ravo rokumaodzanyembanokutuma mapoka kubva kuNew York City neSaint Augustine, East Florida kuti anobata Savannah, Georgia mukupera kwa1778. Chikwata cheNew York, chaitungamirirwa naLieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell, ndicho chakatanga kusvika, uye chakabudirira kutora taundi racho musi waDecember 29, 1778. Vakasara vevanodzivirira Savannah vakabatana nemasoja ekuSouth Carolina aitungamirirwa naMajor General Benjamin Lincoln pamusasa paPurrysburg, South Carolina kuti varwise maBritish. 