Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọnwa Febụwarị nke afọ 1795, ụgbọ mmiri French Mediterranean Fleet dịghachiri n'ọnọdụ kwesịrị ekwesị maka ọrụ mwakpo, ụgbọ mmiri 15 nke akara na-aga maka mwakpo na Corsica. N'okpuru "Contre-amiral" Pierre Martin, ụgbọ mmiri a jiri ihe ịga nke ọma weghara ụgbọ mmiri Britain nke nwere egbe 74 nke akara HMS "Berwick" na ihe omume nke 8 Machị 1795, mana ndị ụgbọ mmiri Hotham meriri ya na
Agha nke Genoa na 14 Machị, na-efunahụ ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ma na-alaghachi n'ụsọ oké osimiri France. Mgbe agha ahụ gachara, ajọ ifufe nke La Spezia dakwasịrị ụgbọ mmiri ndị Britain na ụgbọ mmiri 74 nke akara HMS "Illustrious" dara, Hotham chịkọtara ụgbọ mmiri ya ndị lanarịrịnụ na San Fiorenzo na Leghorn, tupu ha agaa Menorca na mbido June iji zute nnukwu ndị agha nke ndị agha si Channel Fleet n'okpuru Rear-Admiral Robert Mann. Ka ọ dịgodị, Martin chịkọtaghachiri ndị agha ya gbasasịrị agbasasị n'ebe dị nchebe n'Agwaetiti Hyères. N'ọnwa Eprel, nnukwu ndị agha nke ndị French Atlantic Fleet sonyeere ya, mana ọrụ ọ bụla ozugbo emegharịrị site na mwakpo nke ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ya na May. Ozugbo a doziri nke a, Martin gara n'oké osimiri ọzọ na 7 June.