<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ukubambisana kwezempi kwaqala kabi. Umkhuzi wamabutho waseFrance u-Admiral dEstaing wahamba ngomkhumbi waya eNyakatho Melika ngomkhumbi ngo-1778, futhi waqala umzamo ohlanganyelwe nojenene waseMelika uJohn Sullivan wokuthatha indawo yaseBrithani eNewport, eRhode Island. UDEstaing wayeka ukusebenza ukuze abhekane nemikhumbi yaseBrithani, futhi-ke, naphezu kokuncenga kukaSullivan noLafayette, wahamba ngomkhumbi waya eBoston eyolungisa. Ngaphandle kokuxhaswa ngamasosha asolwandle, leli cebo labhidlika, futhi amabutho aseMelika ngaphansi kukaSullivan kwadingeka ahlehlele yedwa. Intukuthelo yamaMelika yayisakazeke kabanzi, futhi amatilosi amaningana aseFrance abulawa emivungwini eyayimelene namaFulentshi. Izenzo zikaDEstaing ekuvinjezelweni okuyinhlekelele  <response>: eSavannah, eGeorgia, yaqhubeka yacekela phansi ubudlelwane baseFrance nabaseMelika. 