<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: IFrance yangena empini ngokusemthethweni ngo-June 17, 1778, futhi imikhumbi ye-French Navy eyathunyelwa eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe yachitha isikhathi esiningi sonyaka eWest Indies, futhi yahamba ngomkhumbi eduze KwamaKoloni Ayishumi Nantathu kuphela phakathi nenkathi yeziphepho zaseCaribbean kusukela ngoJulayi kuya kuNovemba. Imikhumbi yokuqala yaseFrance yazama ukufika eNew York naseRhode Island, kodwa ekugcineni yahluleka ukulwa namabutho aseBrithani ngo-1778. Ngo-1779, imikhumbi eyayiholwa uVice Admiral Charles Henri, u-comte dEstaing yasiza amabutho aseMelika ayezama  <response>: sithathe kabusha iSavana, eGeorgia. 