 Kunyange zvazvo Britain neSpain pakutanga dzakanga dzapinda muHondo yeFrench Revolutionary seshamwari, muna 1796 Spain yakanga yashandura kutsigira France uye yakanga yaenda kuhondo neBritain. Vanhu vokuBritain vakaedza kuita kuti vave nesimba paMediterranean asi vakanga vasina nzvimbo dzokuvakira dzokushandisa. Pashure pokukundikana kutanga kuvapo kweBritain muCorsica, zvimwe zvinangwa zvakadai seMenorca, Malta neElba zvakafungidzirwa. Apo Hondo yeFrance yeMediterranean yakanga yaparadzwa muAboukir BayEarl St. Vincent akanga akatsunga kudzorera kutonga kweBritain muMediterranean. Kuti izvi zviitike, ngarava dzake dzaida nzvimbo ine chiteshi chemvura chakadzika chaidzivirirwa zvakanaka chaisagona kurwiswa nepanyika. Chiteshi chechitsuwa chakanakisisa muWestern Mediterranean chakanga chiri paPort Mahon paMenorca, uko nzvimbo huru yemazuva ano yokugadzira ngarava yaibatanidza chiteshi chengarava, dzimba dzokuchengetera zvinhu dzakakura uye chipatara chehondo chakavakirwa chinangwa ichocho. Pakupera kwaOctober St. Vincent akasarudza kutumira nhume kundorwisa Menorca, iyo yakabva musi wa19 October 1798. 