Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1795, ụgbọ mmiri Mediterranean nke France, ka na-agbake site na mmebi e mebiri n'oge nnọchibido nke Toulon na 1793, nọ na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri. Ndị British Mediterranean Fleet n'okpuru Admiral William Hotham, dabere na San Fiorenzo na Corsica, nọgidere na-enwe mgbochi nke ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị France na Toulon ma na-achụ ndị France mgbe ha nwara ịpụta. N'ọnwa Machị nke afọ 1795, ụgbọ mmiri ndị France nke Pierre Martin na-edu batara n'Ọwara Oké Osimiri Genoa, ụgbọ mmiri ndị Briten ejide ya n'ebe ahụ.
Agha nke Genoa, na-efunahụ ụgbọ mmiri abụọ tupu Martin nwere ike ịgbanahụ ndị Briten na-achụ ya.