Kammala wannan jumla: Duk da kyakkyawan fata na 'yan tawayen Amurka da suka shafi shigar Faransa cikin yaƙin, sabbin sojojin ba su da sauri suka shafi daidaita ikon a Arewacin Amurka. Wani jirgi a karkashin Admiral d'Estaing ya tashi don taimakawa 'yan tawaye amma ya kasa kai hare-hare kan sojojin Birtaniya a Rhode Island da
Savannah, yana sanya matsin lamba a kan 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.