 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Awana kutaurwa mumashoko nokuda kwe Kushingaira kwake uye kusatya muchiito chechikepe ne Potomac, Birchall akaitwa mutungamiri muna 1797 uye na1798, akanga ataura zvombo zvishoma asi akakurumidza troopship, Hebe. Muna May, akanga achishumira muchikamu pasi Home Popham, akatumwa kudzivisa kufamba kwenhamba huru muvengi zvikepe kubva Vlissingen kuna Dunkirk. Magwa makuru aiva nechepasi rakaenzana aifanira kushandiswa kutakura mauto kuyambuka Channel nokuda kwokupinda kwakarongwa kwaNapoleon muUnited Kingdom. Panguva iyoyo, ngarava dzacho dzakanga dzichifamba nomumigwagwa yomumvura yomunyika yeBelgium kuenda kuOstend, uko vaBritain vaitarisira kuvamisa nokuparadza magedhi nemasuo omumvura. Simba rakaunganidzwa paMargate, raiva nemidziyo miduku 25, iyo Expedition yaPopham yaiva nemidziyo 26 yaiva huru, uye mauto anopfuura 1.000, chikamu chakanaka chaiva paHebe. 