Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1795 French Mediterranean Fleet yakanga yavazve mumamiriro ezvinhu akakodzera nokuda kwemabasa okurwisa, ngarava 15 dzomutsetse dzakatasva nokuda kwokudenha Corsica. Pasi pe "Contre-amiral" Pierre Martin, ngarava iyi yakabudirira kutora ngarava yeBritish 74-gun ngarava yeHMS "Berwick" pabasa ra 8 Kurume 1795, asi yakakundwa neHotham's fleet paHondo yeGenoa
musi wa14 March, vakarasikirwa nengarava mbiri ndokudzokera kumhenderekedzo yeFrance. Mushure mekurwisana, ngarava dzeBritain dzakarohwa nedutu kubva kuLa Spezia uye ngarava yemoto ye74-gun HMS "Illustrious" yakaparadzwa, Hotham achiunganidza ngarava dzake dzakapona kutanga kuSan Fiorenzo uyezve Leghorn, asati aenda kuMenorca kutanga kwaJune kuti asangane neuto guru rekuwedzera kubva kuChannel Fleet pasi peAdmiral Robert Mann. Munguvayo, Martin akaunganidzazve uto rake rakanga rapararira munzvimbo yakachengeteka yeHyères Islands. Muna April akabatanidzwa nechikwata chikuru chekusimbisa kubva kuFrench Atlantic Fleet, asi chero mashandiro ekukurumidza akambomiswa nekurova kwevafambisi vengarava vake muna Chivabvu. Apo ikoku kwakanga kwagadziriswa, Martin akaendazve mugungwa musi wa 7 June.