Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1795 rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Faransa ta Bahar Rum, har yanzu tana murmurewa daga lalacewar da aka yi a lokacin Siege na Toulon a 1793, an kewaye shi a tashar jiragen ruwa. Rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Burtaniya a karkashin Admiral William Hotham, wanda ke zaune a San Fiorenzo a Corsica, ta ci gaba da kulle sansanin jiragen ruwa na Faransa a Toulon kuma ta bi Faransawa lokacin da suka yi kokarin fitowa. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1795 rundunar sojojin Faransa a karkashin Pierre Martin ta shiga cikin Gulf of Genoa kuma sojojin Birtaniya sun kama su a yakin Genoa
, ya rasa jiragen ruwa biyu kafin Martin ya iya tserewa daga bin Birtaniya.