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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.
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
May 17–18, 1794 Glorious First of June: British and French fleets: June 1, 1794 Martin's cruise: British and French fleets: June 1794 Battle of Fleurus: French and Austrian-Dutch armies: June 26, 1794 Campaign of the Great Winter: British and French fleets: December 24, 1794 – February 3, 1795 Battle of Genoa (1795) British and French ...
General Jourdan at the battle of Fleurus, 26 June 1794. The year 1794 brought increased success to the French armies. On the Alpine frontier, there was little change, with the French invasion of Piedmont failing.
On 12 June, Jourdan's army crossed the Sambre for the fourth time and invested the fortress of Charleroi with 70,000 men. On 16 June, an Austrian-Dutch force of about 43,000 men counterattacked in heavy mist, inflicted 3,000 casualties, and drove Jourdan away from Charleroi back across the Sambre in the battle of Lambusart. While it was a ...
St. Clair's defeat, also known as the Battle of the Wabash, the Battle of Wabash River or the Battle of a Thousand Slain, [3] was a battle fought on 4 November 1791 in the Northwest Territory of the United States. The U.S. Army faced the Western Confederacy of Native Americans as part of the Northwest Indian War.
The Battle of Lambusart (16 June 1794) saw a Republican French army led by Jean Baptiste Jourdan try to cross the Sambre River against a combined Dutch and Habsburg Austrian army under William VI, Hereditary Prince of Orange. This battle was the culmination of the fourth of five attempts to consolidate a foothold on the north side of the Sambre.