[1] After appearing before Tunis which immediately submitted, a French fleet commanded by the squad leader Étienne Nicolas de Grandpré presents himself in front of Tripoli of Barbary Coast.

Faced with the Pasha's refusal to submit in turn, the French fleet bombarded the city for six nights, causing great destruction.

Learning that the government was preparing to act, he sent from Toulon on September 23, 1727, a plan to bombard the Tunisian ports: Bizerte, Porto Farina, Sousse and Sfax .

[3] Despite this, Mr. de Grandpré was reluctant to use force, but military movements intensified on land, on the ramparts and in the forts, and the city prepared for combat.

[4] However, bomb reserves were running low, ships had no troops to disembark, and wind became problematic off a rocky coast.