Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọdịda nke ụgbọ mmiri ndị France na Siege nke Toulon gosipụtara otu n'ime ọrụ ndị mbụ dị mkpa nke British Royal Navy n'oge French Revolutionary Wars. N'ọnwa Ọgọst 1793, ọnwa ise ka National Convention kwusịrị ọkwa agha megide Great Britain, si otú ahụ na-adọta Britain n'ime agha na-aga n'ihu
N'agha nke Mbụ, gọọmentị nke obodo French Mediterranean nke Toulon biliri megide gọọmentị mba Republican na-akwado ndị otu Royalist. Toulon bụ isi ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri French na Mediterranean na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị French Mediterranean Fleet gbara n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. Mgbe mkparịta ụka ndị ọchịagha ndị Britain nọ na Mediterenian, Admiral Lord Hood, ndị Royalist nke obodo ahụ weghaara njikwa na ndị agha Britain, yana ndị mmekọ si Spain, Naples na Sardinia batara n'obodo ahụ, na-ejide ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ma na-akwadebe nchebe megide ọgụ Republican na-apụghị izere ezere.