 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Chibvumirano cheMudros chakasainwa musi wa30 Gumiguru pakati peVashandi neOttoman Empire, ngarava iyi yakatora chikamu mukutora kweConstantinople. Mukutanga kwa1919, France, ngarava huru yaVice-Admiral Jean-Françoise-Charles Amet, uye Jean Bart vakaendeswa kuGungwa Dema kunosimbisa mauto eFrance aipikisa vaBolshevik. Mazuva mashomanana pashure pokurwisa mauto eBolshevik akanga achienda kuSevastopol musi wa16 April uye achiamanikidza kuti adzokere shure, vashandi veFrance vakanga vaneta nehondo vakapanduka kwenguva pfupi musi wa19 April, rakafuridzirwa navanofarira vezvamatongerwe enyika nevapanduki. Kusiyana nomutungamiriri weJean Bart, uyo akanga akwanisa kupedza kupandukira kwacho ari mungarava yake zuva rakatevera racho, vashandi veFrance vakanga vachiri kupandukira uye Amet aitarisira kuderedza kunetsana nokuita zvaidiwa nevapanduki zvokusiya basa uye kubvumira vashandi vaiva nomukurumbira wokuzvibata zvakanaka kuti vaende kumhenderekedzo. Vafambisi vengarava vakavhenganiswa neratidziro yaitsigira vaBolshevik uye boka rakasanganiswa rakapikiswa nekambani yevarwi vechiGiriki, iyo yakavhura moto. Varatidziri vakatiza ndokusangana neboka raibva kuJean Bart, iro rakavapfurawo. Vanhu vanenge 15 vakakuvadzwa, kubatanidza vafambisi vengarava vatanhatu, mumwe wavo akazofa nokuda kwezvironda zvake. Nhume dzaibva kune dzimwe ngarava dzaipandukira hadzina kubvumirwa kupinda mungarava uye kupandukira kwakaparara apo Amet akabvuma kuita zvavaida zvikuru zvokutora ngarava kudzokera kumusha. France ndiyo yakatanga kuenda musi wa 23 April, asi ngarava yacho yakaenda kuBizerte isati yaenderera mberi kuToulon. Vashandi makumi maviri nevatanhatu vakatongerwa kugara mujeri pakudzoka kwake, kunyange zvazvo zvirango zvakachinjwa muna 1922 sechikamu chechibvumirano pakati paPoincaré, iye zvino Mutungamiriri weHurumende, nemapato ezasi. 