<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UDe Grasse waba nomkhankaso ophumelelayo eWest Indies. Amabutho akhe ayithatha ngempumelelo iTobago ngoJuni ngemva kokulwa  <response>: ukuhlangana okuncane nemikhumbi yaseBrithani. Ngaphandle kwalokho, yena no-Admiral waseBrithani uGeorge Brydges Rodney bagwema ukungqubuzana okukhulu. UDe Grasse wafika eCap-Français ngoJulayi 16, lapho iConcorde yayimlindele khona. Ngokushesha waqala ukuxoxisana nabaseSpain. Wabatshela ngenhloso yakhe yokuya enyakatho, kodwa wathembisa ukubuya ngoNovemba ukuze asize ekusebenzeni kweSpain ngokushintshanisa ukuvikelwa kweSpain ngenkathi ehamba enyakatho. Kuzo waqinisekisa isithembiso sokuvikela ukuhweba nezindawo zaseFrance ukuze akwazi ukuyisa yonke imikhumbi yakhe enyakatho, imikhumbi engu - 28 yempi. Ngaphezu kwemikhumbi yakhe, wathatha amasosha angu - 3 500 ngaphansi komyalo kaMarquis de St. Simon, futhi wanxusa abaseSpain eHavana ukuba banikeze izimali ezidingekayo zokukhokhela amabutho kaRochambeau. NgoJulayi 28, wathumela i-Concorde emuva eNewport, wazisa iWashington, iRochambeau, noDe Barras ukuthi ulindele ukufika eChesapeake ekupheleni kuka-Agasti, futhi kuzodingeka ahambe maphakathi no-Okthoba. Wahamba ngomkhumbi esuka eCap-Français ngo-August 5, eqala indlela ehamba kancane eya enyakatho ngomsele ongasetshenziswanga kangako eBahamas. 