Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ka ndị French na-arụzi, Hood raara 1794 nye ijide agwaetiti Corsica, na-ezube iji ya dị ka ebe a na-aga n'ihu maka mgbochi nke Toulon. Nke a were ogologo oge karịa ka a tụrụ anya ya, na 1795 Hood lara ezumike nká, William Hotham nọchiri ya. Hotham chere ụgbọ mmiri ndị France e mezigharịrị emezi n'okpuru Pierre Martin, onye duziri ọtụtụ ụgbọ mmiri si Toulon, na-eduga na mmeri abụọ na-enweghị isi nke ndị Britain na agha nke Genoa
na agwaetiti Hyères. Mgbe ahụ, Martin zigara ndị agha ndị ka nta n'ọrụ mbibi megide azụmahịa ndị Britain. N'ihi ihe ịga nke ọma ndị agha na Italy na mkparịta ụka nke ndị nnọchianya na Spain, site na 1796 ndị Britain jikọrọ aka agbapụla; Spain kwupụtara agha na Britain na Septemba, na-ahapụ ụgbọ mmiri Britain ka ọ pụta ìhè n'etiti ndị iro abụọ dị ike. N'achọghị ka e bibie ụgbọ mmiri ha na Mediterenian, ndị Admiralty dọọrọ ndị Britain, ugbu a n'okpuru iwu Sir John Jervis, gaa Tagus, na-ahapụ Mediterenian.