 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 2nd Battalion yakatumirwa kuFrance musi wa2 Gumiguru 1939 uye yakaendeswa ku145th Brigade mu48th Division muna Kurume 1940. Ikoku kwakamuunza pamwe chete neBata 5 mu 144th Brigade yechikamu, iyo yakanga yasvika muFrance musi wa 15 January 1940. Muna May 1940, mukati meHondo yeFrance, kubudirira kweGermany paSedan kwakakurumidza kudzokera kuDunkirk. Bhatani rechishanu rakafamba mumaawa makumi masere nematatu risina kudya kana kurara risati rasvika pakutakura kuTournai uko, musi wa 19 Chivabvu, Bhatani rechipiri rakarasikirwa nevarume 194 vakaurayiwa kana kushaikwa mumaminetsi mashoma kurwisa kwemhepo. The chikwata akawana vamwe zororo musi waMay 20, apo vaviri battalions vakabata nzvimbo pamwe River Escaut Scheldt kwemazuva maviri pamberi British Expeditionary Force vakatangazve kudzokera. Musi wa 25 May, 2nd Battalion, yakanga yatotambura kurasikirwa 219, yakava chikamu cheSomer Force. Iri boka rakavhenganiswa remapoka pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaBrigadier Nigel Somerset, kusvikira nguva pfupi yapfuura mukuru mukuru webato rechipiri, akasimbisa Cassel pamuganhu wokunze wakapoteredza Dunkirk. MaGermany akaongorora guta racho zuva rakatevera racho ndokutanga kurirwisa musi wa 27 May. Somer Force yakamira kwemazuva maviri, pakupedzisira ichiedza kubvisa pasi pemirairo manheru e29 Chivabvu, asi vashoma vakakwanisa kusvika kuDunkirk. Bhatani rechipiri rakarasikirwa nevanhu 678 paCassel, 484 vavo vaiva vasungwa vehondo. Munguva iyi, 5th Battalion yakapiwa basa rakafanana mumisha yeArneke neLedringhem, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweCassel. Bhatani racho rakatora nzvimbo musi wa 26 May, uye kurwisa kwokutanga kwakauya zuva rakatevera racho. Pakazosvika 28 May, battalion yakanga yaunganidzwa paLedringhem, kwayakanga yakakomberedzwa, uye yakadzokera pasi pemirairo mumaawa ekutanga e29 May. Vapukunyuki vakasvika Bray Dunes mambakwedza zuva rakatevera racho uye gare gare vakabva vabviswa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa nengarava duku. Kumira paLedringham kwakanga kwabhadhara battalion 87 vakaurawa, uye apo yakaunganazve muUK yakanga yakasimba 400. 