 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Britain pakuvamba kwa 1796 yakanga iri pakati peHondo dzeFrance Dzokurwira Rusununguko uye ichitevera kukundwa kwevabatsiri vayo mukondinendi yacho yaitya kupinda. Kutya uku gare gare kwakabvumikisa kuva kwakarurama nechiitiko chaDecember 1796 chokufamba kweFrance kuenda kuIrelanduye kusvika kwaFebruary 1797 paFishguard. Hurumende yeBritain yakatanga kunetseka kuti kwaiva nevarwi vashoma kwazvo vaiva muBritish Volunteer Corps yainzi Yeomanry Cavalry. Mabhiza aifungidzirwa kuva anokosha mukukunda simba rinopinda, iro raizokanganiswa nenhamba yakaganhurirwa yamabhiza ayo aigona kuunza nengarava. Pamusana pechirongwa chaMunyori weHurumende weHondo, Henry Dundas, paramende yakapasa Mutemo weProvisional Cavalry muna 1796. Chiito ichi chakagadzira Provisional Cavalry, iyo yaive nemhosva yekushandira chero kupi munyika mamwe mauto emauto aive nemhosva yekushandira mukati mematunhu avo chete. Dundas akanga ane mutorowo wokusimudza maFencibles neSupplementary Militia nokuda kwokudzivirira musha. 