Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An nada shi Lieutenant Janar a ranar 27 ga Fabrairun 1779, a ranar 29 ga Mayu an ba shi umurnin Plymouth yayin yiwuwar mamayewa da ke hade da Armada na 1779
Ka yi haƙuri. Da alama ya kalli wannan alƙawari tare da ɗan yanke ƙauna kuma ya kasance a London har tsawon wata guda, yana ƙoƙarin tabbatar da ganawa da Lord Amherst, babban kwamandan sojojin. Da ya isa Plymouth, Lindsay ya yi nadama game da rashin sojojinsa da kuma rashin hadin kai daga Hukumar Ordnance; kodayake Amherst ya nuna tausayi, ya lura cewa sojoji ba su da yawa a duk gabar tekun.