<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - uVaugiraud wakhonza ku-Couronne ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Ushant ngoJulayi 27, 1778. Wabusa isikhashana i-frigate Fox ngaphambi kokudluliselwa ku- Bretagne ukuze akhonze njengesibili esikhulu se-Orvilliers squadron. Ngemuva kokuphakanyiselwa kwakhe kuKapteni ngomhlaka 4 Ephreli 1780, kusukela ngomhlaka 9 Meyi 1781, waba yi-Major-général we-De Grasses squadron, esikebheni esiyinhloko Ville de Paris. Ngenxa yalokho, wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseFort Royal  <response>: ngo-30 Ephreli 1781 kanye nokuhlasela iTobago ngo-30 Meyi. NgoJulayi 22, 1781, ngenkathi imikhumbi yaseFrance imisiwe eCap-Haïtien, i- Intrépide yabamba umlilo, futhi uVaugiraud wakwazi ukwenza umkhumbi uhambe, wagxumela phansi futhi wasuswa ngaphambi kokuba aqhume. Kamuva uVaudugira wabamba iqhaza eMpini yaseChesapeake ngoSepthemba 5, ukuvinjezelwa okulandelayo kweYorktown, iMpi yaseSaint Kitts ngoJanuwari 25, 1782, futhi walimala eMpini yaseSaints ngo-Ephreli 12, 1782. 