Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna September 1799 Sercey akaparadzira ngarava dzake dzakanga dzasara. "Brûle-Gueule" yakadzoserwa kuFrance musi wa 26 Gunyana ichitakura vasungwa vezvematongerwe enyika vakashurikidzwa; iyo corvette yakazopedzisira yaparara paPointe du Raz nekurasikirwa kukuru kwehupenyu. "Preneuse" akarayirwa kuti aite basa rokurwisa kutengeserana kweBritain kumahombekombe kweSouth-East Africa, achibva kuPort Louis musi wa4 August. Lhermitte akaisa pfungwa dzake paMozambique Channel uye nzira dzekuenda kuBritish Cape Colony uye musi wa20 Gunyana akasangana nechikwata chakanamira muAlgoa Bay chaisanganisira 24-gun naval storeship HMS "Camel", 16-gun HMS Rattlesnake (1791) uye schooner "Surprise", ngarava dzekare dzaive dzakarara nemasiti avo uye rigging yakabviswa. Iri simba rakanga richitsigira hondo yekutsvaka pasi paGeneral Francis Dundas vachirwisana ne
Hondo yechitatu yeXhosa. "Camel" yakanga yakatakurwa nezvombo zvechiuto asi hapana ngarava yakanga yakagadzirirwa kurwa, ine 30 yevafambisi vengarava ve"Camel" uye 15 kubva ku"Rattlesnake" vakabatwa pamhenderekedzo negungwa.