Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan nasarar da aka samu a Yorktown, rundunar sojan Faransa ta tafi West Indies a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin mamaye mulkin mallaka na Jamaica na Birtaniya. A watan Afrilu 1782 a yakin Saintes
A shekara ta 1815, sojojin Faransa sun sha wahala sosai kuma Birtaniya sun kama de Grasse. Dukansu Faransa da Birtaniya sun fahimci wannan nasara don mayar da ikon Birtaniya na manyan teku. Tun 1779, sojojin Allied sun kewaye sansanin Birtaniya a Gibraltar. A shekara ta 1782, wani babban hari na Faransa da Spain a Gibraltar ya kasa, kuma ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka aka sauƙaƙe sansanin. Wannan ya gabatar da babbar matsala ga Vergennes, kamar yadda yarjejeniyar kawancen da ya yi da Mutanen Espanya ta yi wa Faransawa alƙawarin ci gaba da yaƙi har sai Gibraltar ta kasance ƙarƙashin ikon Mutanen Espanya. Rashin samun iko da Gibraltar na iya tsawaita yaƙin har abada.