<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - IFrance yangena empini ngokusemthethweni ngoJuni 17, 1778, futhi imikhumbi ye-French Navy eyathunyelwa eNtshonalanga Nenkabazwe yachitha isikhathi esiningi sonyaka eWest Indies, futhi yahamba ngomkhumbi eduze kwamaKoloni ayishumi nantathu kuphela ngesikhathi sezivunguvungu 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. 