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Part of French Revolutionary Wars

Glorious First of June

June 1, 1794 · Glorious First of June

Howe's Channel Fleet beat Villaret-Joyeuse in the Atlantic, but the grain convoy the French covered reached France.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Coalition

France
Great Britain
Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse military commander
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
4,000
Captured
3,000
Ships captured
6
Casualties
1,200

Units

French Atlantic fleet (1794)
Howe's Channel Fleet (1794)

Also involved 3