Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da kyakkyawan fata na 'yan tawayen Amurka da suka shafi shigar Faransa cikin yaƙin, sabbin sojojin ba su da saurin shafar daidaiton iko a Arewacin Amurka. Wani jirgin ruwa a ƙarƙashin Admiral d'Estaing ya tashi don ya taimaka wa 'yan tawaye amma ya kasa kai hari ga sojojin Birtaniya a Rhode Island da Savannah
, yana sanya matsin lamba ga dangantakar Faransa da Amurka. Vergennes ya ci gaba da aikawa da kudaden kudi don ci gaba da yakin basasa, amma Birtaniya ta sake dawowa da shirin da ke kudancin kudancin.