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2008-02-11T17:27:20Z Ruhrfisch 631x337 (20700 Bytes) == Summary == {{Information |Description= Map of the position of the ships of the British Royal Navy and the French Navy at the start of their battle on June 1, 1794 |Source= self-made, ship position and wind information is f; Uploaded with derivativeFX
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.
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.
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 ...
Action of 6 November 1794; Action of 7 May 1794; Action of 8 June 1794; Action of 21 October 1794; Action of 23 April 1794; Frigate action of 29 May 1794; Battle of the Acul; Battle of Aldenhoven (1794) Battle of Arlon (1794) Atlantic campaign of May 1794
The Battle of Gosselies or Battle of Charleroi (3 June 1794) saw a Republican French army co-commanded by Jacques Desjardin and Louis Charbonnier try to cross the Sambre River against a joint Dutch and Habsburg Austrian army under William, Hereditary Prince of Orange.
Map showing the course of the battle of Tournai. Dotted red lines signify the Allied outpost line, while the redoubts and earthworks of the Allied inner defences are also shown. Allied deployments and some French deployments are conjecture only. A map of Tournai in June 1794 shows the Froyennes-Marquain-Lamain inner defenses in greater detail.