<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - iFrance yangena empini ngokusemthethweni ngoJune 17, 1778. Noma kunjalo, imikhumbi eyayithunyelwa amaFulentshi eNtshonalanga Yomhlaba yayichitha isikhathi esiningi sonyaka eWest Indies futhi yayihamba eduze kwaseThirteen Colonies 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, umkhumbi-mkhumbi owawuholwa uVice Admiral Charles Henri, u-comte dEstaing wasiza amabutho aseMelika azama ukuthatha kabusha iSavana, eGeorgia  <response>: . futhi. 