Kammala wannan jumla: A watan Janairun 1846, Rundunar 'Yan Gudun Hijira ta 73 ta isa Argentina don nuna sha'awar Birtaniya a lokacin yakin basasar Uruguay. Daga nan sai rundunar ta tashi zuwa Cape Colony don shiga cikin
Yaƙin Xhosa na Bakwai. A shekara ta 1852 wani rukuni daga rundunar ya bar garin Simon a cikin jirgin ruwa na HMS "Birkenhead" wanda ke zuwa Port Elizabeth. Da karfe biyu na safe a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1852, jirgin ya buge duwatsu a Danger Point, kusa da Gansbaai. Sojojin sun taru a kan bene, kuma sun ba da damar mata da yara su shiga jirgi na farko, amma sai suka tsaya tsayin daka yayin da jirgin ya nutse lokacin da jami'an suka gaya musu cewa tsalle daga jirgi da yin iyo zuwa jiragen ruwa zai iya tayar da waɗannan jiragen ruwa da kuma haɗarin fasinjojin farar hula. Mutane 357 suka nitse.