 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1778, pakatanga Hondo yeEngland neFrance, akasimudzirwa kuva Kaputeni nokuda kwebasa kuIndia Ocean, uye akagadzwa ku64-gun Sévère. Musi waMarch 27, 1779, Sévère yakabva pamwe chete nengarava dzinotakura zvinhu Hercule uye Trois-Amis. Chikwata ichi chakasvika kuCape mukupera kwaJune, ndokuenda kunhanho yekupedzisira yerwendo musi wa13 Chikunguru, ichisvika kuPort-Louis musi wa9 Nyamavhuvhu 1779, mushure merwendo rwakabatwa nechirwere chechirwere. 