Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1942, Fancourt akanga apiwa basa rokutungamirira ngarava inotakura zvinhu HMS "Searcher", yakanga ichivakwa muUnited States. Izvi zvakabviswa, zvisinei, uye akatora kutungamira kwe4th Destroyer Flotilla iyo yaiva nevatakuri vaviri, HMS "Broke" uye HMS "Malcolm", yakapiwa Operation "Torch"
, kupindirwa kwakaitwa French North Africa neAllies. Vanoparadza vakanga vachifanira kuburutsa boka revaAmerican Rangers. Basa racho raive rekupinda muAlgiers chiteshi musi wa8 Mbudzi, kuburitsa mauto uye kudzivirira maVichy French kubva mukunyudza ngarava dzavo kana kuparadza zvivakwa zvengarava (Operation "Terminal").