Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Kadib isku daygii fashilmay ee lagu qabsaday Savannah, Georgia, oo uu hoggaaminayay General Benjamin Lincoln, Waaxda Koonfureed ee Ciidanka Continental waxay dib ugu laabteen Charleston, South Carolina. Janaraal Sir Henry Clinton ayaa ciidamadiisii la wareegay, waxayna hareereeyeen magaaladii ay ciidankii Lincoln ka magan galeen waxayna ka xanibeen fursad kasta oo ay ciidanka Continental ka helaan. ka hor inta uusan is dhigin, lincoln waxa uu awood u yeeshay in fariimo u diro General Washington iyo
Koongareeska Qaaradda oo codsaday in la caawiyo. Dhamaadkii Abriil 1780, Washington waxay dirtay General deKalb oo ay la socdeen 1,400 oo ka tirsan ciidamada Maryland iyo Delaware. Ciidanka Maryland ayaa qeyb weyn ka ahaa ciidankan.