 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - 2nd Armoured Brigade yechikamu uye Beauforce vakasvika mukati memakiromita mana eSomme na01.00 musi wa24 Chivabvu, asi vakabva vatanga kusangana nevapikisi nemigodhi. Kuedza kwakaitwa ne1st Armoured uye 51st Highland Division pasi pehutungamiri hweFrance kuti vapinde muBEF yakakomberedzwa paDunkirk kwakatungamira mukurwisana neAbbeville musi wa27-28 Chivabvu uye havana kubudirira. Pakutanga kwaJune BEF yakanga yabviswa, asi kurwa kwakapfuurira. Musi wa 4 Chikumi 1 Sp Gp yakapa dziviriro yeflank yeimwe kuyedza kwe51st H Chikamu kuparadza mabhiriji eGerman kuAbbeville, asi maGerman aive nemavhiki maviri ekuchera, uye kurwisa kwakakundikana. Zuva rakatevera racho vaGermany vakatangazve kurwisa, vakakomba ndokutora 51st H Division paSt Valery-en-Caux, apo 1st Sp Gp yakanga iri panjodzi yakatarisana nemaGerman Panzer zvikamu uye yakadzoserwa kumashure kuyambuka Seine. Basa rokubvisa nhamba huru yamapoka eBritain akasara muFrance kubva kuzviteshi zvengarava zvokumadokero Operation Aerial rakatanga. Vapukunyuki ve1st Sp Gp vakaendeswa nechikepe kubva kuCherbourg musi wa 16 Chikumi. 