Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Le Hardi" yakapinda mubasa pana 2 June 1940 ndokuperekedza ngarava inopfuura nomugungwa kuenda kuCasablanca, French Morocco, isati yaenda kuBrest. "Fleuret" yakabatsira kuperekedza ngarava yehondo kubva kuCasablanca kuenda kuDakar, kuFrench West Africa, musi wa12 Chikumi. Basa rokutanga re"Épée" ne"Mameluk" rakanga riri rokusangana ne"Le Hardi" kuti vabatsire kuperekedza ngarava yehondo yakanga isina kukwana kuCasablanca mazuva mashomanene vaFrench vasati vasayina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo
navaGermany pana 22 June. "Casque", "Lansquenet" uye "Le Corsaire" vakapotera kuFrench North Africa pakati paJune pasinei zvapo neyokupedzisira ichingova 82% yakakwana.