 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kubvira pakatanga Hondo yaNapoleon, ngarava dzeBritain dzakarwisa ngarava dzeFrance, zviteshi zvengarava, kana kuti makoloni uye ngarava dzeBritain neFrance dzakaramba dzichirwisana muna 1809. Britain yakakurira France muAtlantic mushure mekukundwa kweFrance paTrafalgar Campaign uye mushandirapamwe weAtlantic wa1806, uye zvisaririra zvechikepe cheFrance zvakatumirwa kunzvimbo dziri muBay of Biscay. Zvitsuwa zveFrance zvaiva muCaribbean neAtlantic zvaiva nzvimbo dzokuvanda uye zvaigona kutyisidzira ngarava dzeBritain. Mauto eAtlantic eFrance akavharirwa muBrest nemauto eBritain aitungamirirwa naJames Gambier asi vaFrench vaida kupindira muCaribbean zvichitevera kupindirwa kweBritain muMartiniquemuna January 1809. Dutu muna February rakaparadzira ngarava dzaGambier ndokubvumira vaFrench, vaitungamirirwa naJean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez, kuti vaende kugungwa ndokutamira kunosimbisa muBasque Roads. Musi waFebruary 23 zvikepe zvitatu zveFrance zvaiedza kubatana nezvikepe zvikuru zvakakanganiswa muHondo yeLes Sables-dOlonne. Kurwisana kwakatevera nechiFrench chakasungwa pasi pezvombo zvemabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa asi chakadzivirirwa nechiBritish. Willaumez akatsiviwa naZacharie Allemand musi wa16 Kurume, uyo akasimbisa kudzivirira kweanchorage. British Admiralty yakatumira Kaputeni Ishe Cochrane kuzotungamirira kurwisa vaFrance. Kurwisa kwaCochrane kwaApril 11 nengarava dzomoto kwakakonzera kutya muzvikepe zveFrance uye ngarava zhinji dzakapunzika. Gambier akakundikana kushandisa mamiriro ezvinhu nokutumira ngarava huru dzeBritain, kunyange zvazvo simba duku raCochrane rakaparadza ngarava dzakawanda mumazuva akatevera. Chiito chacho chakadzora ngarava dzeFrance kuti dzirambe dziri pachiteshi chadzo uye chakabvumira maBritish nemaSpanish kudzinga maFrance kubva kuHaiti gore iroro nekupinda muGuadeloupe kutanga kwa1810. 