The Liberators did not wish to engage in a decisive battle, but rather to attain a good defensive position and then use their naval superiority to block the triumvirs’ communications with their supply base in Italy.
Liberatori nisu željeli otvorenu borbu već su težili uspostavi dobrih linije obrane i korištenju pomorske nadmoći u cilju da blokiraju trijumviratske komunikacije s bazama opskrbe u Italiji.