A watan Satumba na 1799 Sercey ya watsar da sauran jiragensa. "Brûle-Gueule" an mayar da shi Faransa a ranar 26 ga Satumba dauke da fursunonin siyasa da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa; a ƙarshe jirgin ya lalace a kan Pointe du Raz tare da asarar rayuka masu yawa. An umurci "Preneuse" ya yi aiki a kan kasuwancin Birtaniya a bakin tekun kudu maso gabashin Afirka, yana tafiya daga Port Louis a ranar 4 ga Agusta. Lhermitte ya mayar da hankalinsa kan tashar Mozambique da hanyoyin da ke kusa da British Cape Colony kuma a ranar 20 ga Satumba ya haɗu da wani rukuni da aka kafa a cikin Algoa Bay wanda ya ƙunshi jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Camel" mai bindigogi 24, HMS Rattlesnake mai bindigogi 16 (1791) da kuma schooner "Surprise", tsoffin jiragen ruwa suna kwance tare da masts da rigging da aka cire. Wannan rundunar ta goyi bayan rundunar sojojin da ke karkashin Janar Francis Dundas da ke yaki da
Yaƙin Xhosa na Uku. "Camel" an ɗora shi da kayan aikin soja amma babu jirgi da aka shirya don yaƙi, tare da 30 daga cikin ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa na "Camel" da 15 daga "Rattlesnake" da aka kama a bakin teku ta hanyar raƙuman ruwa.