 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1799 apo Napoleon Bonaparte akakomba Acre, akashandisa nzvimbo yokuisa zvikepe paTantura senzvimbo yokuchengetera zvinhu. Napoleon akadzika musasa paTantura musi waMay 21, 1799, uye boka ravarwi rakanga rakamira ipapo nokuda kwechakasara chokurwisa cheFrance. Mukuru mukuru waNapoleon Lambert, uyo akanga atumirwa kunzvera chiteshi chengarava, akashuma kuti chakanga chine vagari vanenge 2.000, avo vairatidzika kuva vanonzwira tsitsi vaFrance. Pashure pokukundikana kwehondo yake, mauto ake akadzokera kuTantura, uko aikarira kubuda nomugungwa, asi uto rake rehondo rakakundikana kuoneka. Kuti asunungure mabhiza okutakura vakakuvadzwa, akarayira kuti zvombo zvinorema zviwiswe mugungwa. Zvidimbu zvezvombo zvehondo, zvombo zvomunondo nezvombo zvomunondo zvakawanwa mukunzvera pasi pemvura pedyo neDhor. Yakaonekwa semusha Tantourah pamepu yakaunganidzwa naPierre Jacotin mukati meiyi nhimbe. 