Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Britain mukuvamba kwa 1796 yakanga iri pakati pe French Revolutionary Wars uye ichitevera kukundwa kwavakabatana navo
muAfrica yose aitya kupindirwa. Kutya uku gare gare kwakabvumikisa kuva kwakarurama nechiitiko cheDecember 1796 chokuenda kweFrance kuIreland uye February 1797 kumhara paFishguard. Hurumende yeBritain yakatanga kunetseka kuti kwaiva nevarwi vashoma kwazvo vaiva muBritish Volunteer Corps (yainzi Yeomanry Cavalry). Mabhiza aifungidzirwa kuva anokosha mukukunda simba rinopinda, iro raizokanganiswa nenhamba yakaganhurirwa yamabhiza ayo aigona kuunza nengarava. Pamusana pechirongwa chaMunyori weHurumende weHondo, Henry Dundas, paramende yakapasa Mutemo weProvisional Cavalry muna 1796. Chiito ichi chakagadzira Provisional Cavalry, iyo yaive nemhosva yekushandira chero kupi munyika (mamwe mauto emauto aive nemhosva yekushandira mukati mematunhu avo chete). Dundas akanga ane mutorowo wokusimudza maFencibles neSupplementary Militia nokuda kwokudzivirira musha.