Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mugumo wezvikepe zveFrance paKukombwa kweToulon kwakaratidzira imwe yemabasa ekutanga akakosha neBritish Royal Navy panguva yeFrench Revolutionary Wars. Muna August 1793, mwedzi mishanu pashure pokunge National Convention yazivisa hondo kuGreat Britain, nokudaro ichikwevera Britain muHondo yeFirst Coalition yakanga ichiri kupfuurira
Muna 1915, hurumende yeguta reFrance reMediterranean reToulon yakamukira hurumende yenyika yeRepublican ichitsigira boka reRoyalist. Toulon raiva chiteshi chikuru chengarava cheFrance paMediterranean uye inenge yose yeFrench Mediterranean Fleet yakanga yakasungwa muchiteshi chengarava. Mushure mokukurukurirana nomukuru mukuru wemauto eBritain muMediterranean, Admiral Lord Hood, maRoyalist eguta akatora masimba uye mauto eBritain, pamwe chete nevavengi vaibva kuSpain, Naples neSardinia vakapinda muguta, vakatora ngarava uye vakagadzirira kudzivirira kurwisa kusingadzivisiki kweRepublican.