Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Apo vaFrench vakagadzirisa, Hood akazvipira 1794 kuti atore chitsuwa cheCorsica, achida kuchishandisa senzvimbo yekumberi yekudzivirira kweToulon. Izvi zvakatora nguva yakareba kupfuura zvaitarisirwa, uye pakazosvika 1795 Hood akanga aenda pamudyandigere, achitsiviwa naWilliam Hotham. Hotham akatarisana neuto reFrance rakagadziriswa pasi paPierre Martin, uyo akatungamirira mapoka akawanda kubva kuToulon, achitungamirira kukunda kweBritain kusinganzwisisiki muhondo dzeGenoa
uye Zvitsuwa zveHyeres. Martin akabva atumira zvikwata zviduku kuti zviparadze zvitoro zveBritain. Nokuda kwokubudirira kwechiuto muItaly uye nhaurirano dzezvematongerwe enyika neSpain, pakazosvika 1796 shamwari dzeBritain dzakanga dzaparadzana; Spain yakazivisa hondo kuBritain muna September, ichisiya ngarava dzeBritain dzisina kudzivirirwa pakati pevavengi vaviri vane simba. Vasingadi kuisa mungozi kuparadzwa kwezvikepe zvavo muMediterranean, Admiralty yakabvisa maBritish, zvino pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaSir John Jervis, kuenda kuTagus, vachisiya Mediterranean.