Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1794 da 1795 Mutanen Espanya sun sha wahala jerin nasarori a cikin Yaƙin Pyrenees, kuma a watan Agusta 1795 sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya tare da Faransa, suna cire sojojin su daga yaƙin Bahar Rum. Yaƙe-yaƙe marasa ma'ana a wannan shekarar tsakanin jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya da Faransa a yakin Genoa
Kuma yakin tsibirin Hyères ya haifar da rikici, Faransawa a karkashin toshewa a Toulon suna aikawa da rundunonin soji a kan kasuwancin Birtaniya. A lokacin 1796 kamfen na Italiya na Napoleon Bonaparte ya kawar da abokan kawancen Italiya na Burtaniya, yayin da tattaunawar diflomasiyya ta kawo Spain cikin kawance da Faransa a watan Agusta, ta hanyar Yarjejeniyar San Ildefonso. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba Spain ta yi yaƙi da Burtaniya kuma babban rundunar jiragen ruwa na Spain sun haɗu da Faransanci a Toulon.