 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati meFrance Blockade, Żejtun yakanga yakachengetedzwa nemaMalta asina kurongeka uye zvikamu zveBritish. VaMalta vakavaka mabhomba akawanda kuti vadzivirire guta racho. Pakupera kwaDecember 1799, chikamu chikuru che30th Cambridgeshire Regiment of Foot chakanga chakamira muguta, nemapurisa epamberi paZhabbar, uye San Rocco Battery pedyo nemhenderekedzo. Muchiitiko chekupinda kweFrance kubva kumashure kweCottonera Lines, mauto eMalta muŻabbar aifanira kudzokera kumashure nekukurumidza uye kuisa simba ravo paZejtun. Guta racho rakanga rakanyatsogadzirirwa kudzivirira, rakamira pachikomo chakareba mamita mazana maviri, uye raitarira nyika yakapoteredza kusvikira kuMaguta Matatu. Uyezve, guta rekare reZejtun raidzivirirwa nyore nyore, sezvo raiva rakazara dzimba nemigwagwa yakamanikana. Mukati mokukomba, murwi weZejtun wakatanga kurwisa nhare yomuvengi paFort San Salvatore. Mukurwisa kumwechete, chikwata ichi chakaenderera mberi nekuchenesa Villa Bighi kubva kumauto eFrance uye ndokuzobvuta kubva pasi pemasvingo eFrance akachengetwa muchinjikwa mukuru wehuni, uyo wakamira muparati rekumberi kweCapuchin Friary yakasiiwa paKalkara. Gare gare Monastery yakagamuchira bhatiri raitungamirirwa nevapanduki veMalta. Muchinjikwa wacho, waiitwa sechipo chehondo, wairatidzwa munzvimbo huru yeguta, sechiyeuchidzo kuzvizvarwa zvomunguva yemberi choushingi hwevanhu varo. 