 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo akafungidzira kudzoka kwezvikepe zvehondo zveFrance kumachiteshi avo epamba kuti zvibviswe zvombo; zvisinei, kurwiswa kweBritish paMers-el-Kébirmusi waJuly 3 vakanyengetedza vaGermany kuti varege chirongwa ichi. VaFrance vakarasikirwa nezvikepe zviviri zvepasi pemvura zveRedoutable panguva yeHondo yeDakar musi wa 23 na 24 Gunyana; musi wa 23 Gunyana yakanyudzwa nevaviri veBritish vanoparadza mushure mekuedza torpedo zvisina kubudirira; musi wa 24 Gunyana Ajax yakapfurwa nevanoparadza vanoverengeka vaiperekedza squadron yeBritish uye nokudaro yakanyudzwa mushure mekunge vashandi vasiya ngarava. Muzviitiko zvose zviri zviviri, vashandi vacho vakanunurwa nevaBritain. Pana 25 September Bévéziers, pasi pokutonga kwe Capitaine de corvette Lancelot, akarwisa uye akakuvadza ngarava yehondo, iyo yakanga isingashandi kwemwedzi inenge mipfumbamwe. 