 MuHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment ne4th Oxfordshire neBuckinghamshire Light Infantry vakabata Cassel kwemazuva matatu sechikamu chekuzvidzivirira kwakakomberedza Dunkirk panguva yeHondo yeDunkirk nekubviswa27 May 1940 30 May 1940. Mauto eBritain akanga agadzirira kuzvidzivirira pamusoro pegomo, achiisa zvombo zvinorwisa matangi uye achivharidzira migwagwa yakamanikana yeguta racho. Pashure pokuwana budiriro dzokutanga mukurwisana nematangi ePanzer Regiment 11, ayo akanga aita chikanganiso chokufambira mberi pasina rutsigiro rwemauto anofamba netsoka, boka ravarwi reBritain rakarwiswa zvikuru kubva pasi nepamhepo nemauto eGermany. Zvizhinji zveguta racho zvakaitwa matongo nokubhomba. Vazhinji vevamiriri vevarindi vakaurayiwa kana kutorwa nemaGerman panguva yekurwa kana kuyedza kuputsa kwakananga kuDunkirk, asi dziviriro yavakange vaisa yakaita basa rakakosha mukubata maGerman apo kubviswa kweDunkirk kwaiitika. 