<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ngo - 1802, kwaphinde kwavuka ukungezwani phakathi kweBrithani neFrance, manje eyayingaphansi kokubusa koNdunankulu uNapoleon Bonaparte. Eqaphela ukuthi ukubuyela empini kwakungenakugwenywa, uNapoleon wayala uMbutho Wezempi WaseFrance ukuba ulungiselele ibutho elalizosebenza isikhathi eside e - Indian Ocean, ibutho elalizokwazi ukulimaza kakhulu ukuhweba kwaseBrithani kule ndawo. Umkhumbi omkhulu waleli qembu kwakufanele ube umkhumbi osheshayo womugqa uMarengo, umkhumbi wezikhali ezingama-74 owawuqondiswa nguContra-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois. ULinois wayeyisikhulu esasinolwazi oluningi owayesebenzisane namaNgisi ezikhathini eziningana ngesikhathi seMpi Yezinguquko YaseFrance: ngoMeyi 1794, wabanjwa lapho i-frigate yakhe i- Atalante ichithwa maphakathi ne-Atlantic ngu. Ngokushesha, umkhumbi wakhe olandelayo Formidable wabanjwa ngemuva kokuzivikela okunzima eMpini yaseGroix, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo waphinde wabanjwa ku-frigate yakhe entsha Unité futhi kamuva wabamba iqhaza enhlekeleleni Expédition dIrlande emkhunjini womugqa Nestor ngemuva kokushintshaniswa kwesiboshwa sesithathu. Impi yakhe ebaluleke kakhulu kwaba ngoJulayi 1801, lapho wayala i-French squadron ngesikhathi benqoba e-  <response>: Impi Yokuqala Yase-Algeciras, lapho athunjwa khona. Wayephethe ingxenye yokunqotshwa eMpini Yesibili yase-Algeciras ezinsukwini ezine kamuva, kodwa lesi senzo sathuthukisa idumela lakhe ngaphakathi koMbutho Wezempi waseFrance njengomlawuli ophumelelayo. I-Marengo yayihambisana nama-frigate i-Atalante, i-Sémillante kanye nezithuthi i-Côte dOr kanye ne Marie Françoise. Kubonakala sengathi leli butho lathunyelwa e - Indian Ocean ukuba liyothatha iPondicherry futhi lifake umbusi omusha emakoloni aseFrance ase - Indian Ocean, uJenene Charles Decaen. Lo mkhumbi wawuthwele amasosha angu - 1 350 nenqwaba yezimpahla zokuhamba uhambo lwezinyanga ezine oluya eNdiya kanye nemisebenzi eyandisiwe eyayilindelwe eyayizolandela. 