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The Glorious First of June (1 June 1794), also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant, (known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) [b] was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.
The 'Brunswick' and the 'Vengeur du Peuple' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794, painted by Nicholas Pocock.. The Glorious First of June (known in France as Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 and sometimes called the Third Battle of Ushant) of 1794 was the first and largest naval action between the French and British fleets during the French Revolutionary Wars.
30 May – 3 June 1794: Battle of Gosselies (Battle of Charleroi) Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic: Coalition victory 1 June 1794: Glorious First of June (Combat de Prairial) Overseas Atlantic French First Republic Great Britain: Coalition tactical victory French strategic victory 1 – 18 June 1794: Siege of ...
This wrongly makes it appear that Queen Charlotte dropped behind Montagne due to the loss of this mast and thus failed to capture her, and led to criticism of the painting by Lord Howe and by James Bowen (Howe's Master of the Fleet, and a hero of the battle) - Bowen commented that Queen Charlotte would have captured Montagne if such a broadside ...
Map showing the positions of the main forces in the Low Countries theatre, and Coburg's movements to concentrate for the battle of Fleurus. Numbers indicate the dates in June 1794 that the marches designated by arrows were made. The dotted line indicates Coburg's original planned movement to relieve Ypres.
Battle of Gonaïves; Battle of the Acul; Battle of La Bombarde; Battle of Mardanpur; Battle of Port-Républicain; Battle of Rajgród (1794) Battle of Saint-Raphaël; Battle of the Baztan Valley; Battle of Beaumont (1794) Battle of the Black Mountain; Battle of Błonie (1794) Second Battle of Boulou; Battle of Boxtel
Dugommier was killed in the Battle of the Black Mountain in November. French forces raise the cap of liberty in the Neumarkt, Cologne, 1794. On the northern front in the Flanders Campaign, the Austrians and French both prepared offensives in Belgium, with the Austrians besieging Landrecies and advancing towards Mons and Maubeuge.