Napoleon turned to his Spanish allies, who agreed to help assemble a massive fleet to deal with the British. Under the overall command of French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, the combined Franco-Spanish fleet set out from Toulon on August 5, evading the British blockading fleet. Sailing to the West Indies, Villeneuve hoped to lure Nelson to the Caribbean, where he would simply turn around and sail back to Europe with his 32 ships, to break the British blockade of Brest, where another fleet of 21 ships, under the command of Vice-Admiral Ganteaume was held up. Together, the two fleets, plus five ships from Capitan Allemand, would total 58 ships of the line.