VaBritain vakanga vave vachitonga muMediterranean kubvira pakuparadzwa kwehafu yeFrench Mediterranean Fleet pakupera kweKukombwa kweToulon muna December 1793. Sezvo vaFrench vakaedza kugadzirisa nokuvakazve ngarava dzavo dzakaputsika, vaBritain vakatendeukira kukudzivirira chitsuwa cheCorsica, kupfurikidza nokupinda nechisimba muna 1794. Basa bedzi rechiFrench rengarava regore racho, rwendo rwomugungwa naMartin muna June, rwakamanikidzwa kuti rudzivirirwe munzvimbo yokuisa zvikepe paGourjean Bay kuti rurege kuparadzwa. Muna March 1795 vaFrench vakanga vane ngarava dzakakwana dzakakwana kuti vaende mugungwa zvakare, vachifamba muGulf of Genoa uye vachitora HMS "Berwick" yakakuvadzwa pa 8 March 1795. Mazuva mashomanana gare gare ngarava yaHotham yakabata vaFrench uye Martin akarasikirwa nengarava mbiri muhondo yakatevera yeGenoa
. Munguva yechirimo zvikepe zvose zviri zviviri zvakawana vashandi vanobva kuAtlantic, uye muna June Martin akafambazve.