 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1798, ngarava dzeBritain dzaitungamirirwa naSir Horatio Nelson dzakatora kana kuparadza ngarava dzose dzeFrance kunze kwe mbiri muHondo yeNire, dzichikunda chinangwa chaBonaparte chekusimbisa chinzvimbo cheFrance muMediterranean. Uto rake rakanga rabudirira mukuwedzera kwenguva pfupi simba reFrance muEgypt, kunyange zvazvo rakatarisana nokumukira kwakadzokororwa. Pakuvamba muna 1799, akaendesa uto muruwa rweOttoman rweDhamasiko Siria neGarirea. Bonaparte akatungamirira ava varwi vechiFrench vane 13 000 mukukunda mataundi ari pamhenderekedzo yegungwa eArish, Gaza, Jaffa, uye Haifa. Kurwiswa kwevaJaffaraiva noutsinye zvikuru. Bonaparte akawana kuti vazhinji vavadziviriri vakanga vari vaichimbova vasungwa vehondo, sezviri pachena vari muparori, naizvozvo akarayira kuti varwi navamwe vasungwa 1.400 vaurawe neshamhu kana kuti kunyudzwa kuti vachengetedze mabara. Varume, vakadzi, uye vana vakapambwa ndokuurawa kwamazuva matatu. 