Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da Faransanci da aka fitar daga tsibirin, Corsica ya zauna a matsayin matsayi a matsayin wani ɓangare na mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya. Hood ya yi amfani da San Fiorenzo a matsayin mai ɗorawa ga rundunarsa, duk da rashin kayan aikin tashar jiragen ruwa. Haɗari ga Corsica daga teku ya kasance abin damuwa koyaushe; a watan Agusta 1794 HMS "Scout" mai bindigogi 16 yana rakiyar rundunar kamun kifi ta Corsican daga Cape Bon lokacin da wasu jiragen ruwa biyu na Faransa suka kai hari suka kama shi. Jirgin ruwan da ba shi da kariya ya warwatse kuma 'yan fashin teku na Aljeriya sun kama wasu jiragen ruwa, ma'aikatan jirgin sun zama bayi. Jakadan Burtaniya Frederick North daga karshe ya tabbatar da sakin su don £ 48,000. A farkon shekara ta 1795, rundunar sojojin Faransa 25,000 da aka tura zuwa Corsica, rundunar sojojin Britaniya ta ci su a yaƙin Genoa
, kuma ga ragowar aikin Birtaniya na tsibirin 'yan kasuwa na Faransa da kuma jami'ai sun sauka a bakin tekun.