 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1801, Bonaparte akagumisa kutapwa kwaVillaret-Joyeuse ndokudzokera kwaari kuti ave mutungamiriri anoshanda. Pakutanga, Napoleon aida kuti Villaret-Joyeuse agadzirire rwendo rwokutora Cape yeTariro Yakanaka, ipapo kuenda kuIndian Ocean. Norugare rweAmiens, Bonaparte akasarudza kuedza kudzorera kudzora Haiti neboka revasori reSaint-Domingue. Muna December 1801, Villaret akaenda nengarava gumi dzeFrance nedzimwe shanu dzeSpain uye ngarava pfumbamwe dzechikepe uye corvettes, aine mureza wake paOcéan yemapfuti zana nemakumi maviri, achitakura 7000 yemauto aGeneral Leclerc kuenda kuSaint Domingue. Mamwe mapoka maviri, rimwe rakabva kuLorient raiva nengarava imwe chete, zvikepe zviviri zvehondo uye varwi 1200, uye rimwe rakabva kuRochefort raiva nengarava nhanhatu, zvikepe zvitanhatu zvehondo, zvikepe zviviri zvehondo uye varwi 3 000, rakabatana nezvikepe zvake pedyo neBrest. Kurwisana pamusoro pokutungamirira kwakaita kuti Villaret adzokere kuFrance nechikamu chikuru chezvikepe. 