 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokurwa muHondo yeFrance muna May 1940, brigade yacho yakadzokera kuDunkirkuye yakabviswa musi wa31 Chivabvu 1940, mushure mekunge mauto eGerman atyisidzira kucheka BEF kubva kuuto reFrance. Munguva yekurwa, brigade, pamwe chete nevamwe vese ve44th Division, yakanga yarasikirwa zvakanyanya, ne 16 yeMambokadzi ichirasikirwa nevashandi ve9 nevamwe 400, vatatu vevakuru uye varume zana nemakumi matatu vakatorwa sevasungwa vehondo POWs uye 15 125 vakaurayiwa. Kudzokera kuEngland, brigade yakavandudzwa muhuwandu uye yakashongedzerwazve ndokuiswa muSoutheast England kudzivirira izvo mutungamiriri wedhivhizheni, Major-General Brian Horrocks, akaona seNhamba 1 nzvimbo yekupinda kweGerman, inotambanuka kubva kuIsle of Thanet kuenda kuDover uye kuFolkestone. 