<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1802, Britain neFrance dzakatangazve kunetsana, nyika yokupedzisira iyi yava kutongwa naNapoleon Bonaparte. Achiziva kuti kudzokera kuhondo kwakanga kusingadzivisiki, Napoleon akarayira Mauto Emuchadenga eFrance kugadzirira simba nokuda kwebasa rakatambanudzwa muIndian Ocean, simba iro raizokwanisa kuparira kurasikirwa kukuru pakutengeserana kweBritain kubva munharaunda yacho. Ngarava huru yechikwata ichi yaifanira kuva ngarava inokurumidza ye Marengo, ngarava ine pfuti 74 yaitungamirirwa naContra-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois. Linois akanga ari mukuru mukuru ane ruzivo uyo akanga achibatanidzwa neBritish pane dzimwe nguva munguva dzeFrance Revolutionary Wars: muna May 1794, akabatwa apo frigate yake Atalante yakamhanya pakati peAtlantic ne. Akakurumidza kuchinjana, ngarava yake inotevera Formidable yakabatwa mushure mekudzivirirwa kwakasimba paHondo yeGroix, uye gore rakatevera akabatwa zvakare mune yake nyowani frigate Unité uye akazotora chikamu munjodzi Expédition dIrlande mungarava yemutsara Nestor mushure mekutsinhana kwechitatu kwevasungwa. Hondo yake inokosha zvikurusa yakanga iri muna July 1801, apo akaraira boka rechiFrench mukati mokukunda kwavo pa  <response>: Hondo Yokutanga yeAlgeciras, kwaakabatwa. Akanga ariwo mukutungamira kwechikamu pakukundwa muHondo yechipiri yeAlgeciras mazuva mana gare gare, asi chiito ichi chakawedzera mukurumbira wake mukati meFrench Navy semutungamiri akabudirira. Marengo yaiperekedzwa neAtalante, Sémillante uye uye inotakura Côte dOr uye Marie Françoise. Sezviri pachena chikwata ichi chakatumirwa kuIndian Ocean kunotora Pondicherry ndokuisa gavhuna mutsva mumakoroni eFrance eIndian Ocean, General Charles Decaen. Ngarava yacho yaitakura varwi 1 350 uye huwandu hukuru hwezvokushandisa zvose zviri zviviri rwendo rwemwedzi mina kuenda kuIndia nemabasa akawedzerwa aitarisirwa ayo aifanira kuitevera. 