Glorious First of June: Britain Dominates French Fleet
Lord Howe's British fleet intercepted a French convoy escort 400 miles into the Atlantic and captured or sank seven warships in the first major naval engagement of the French Radical Wars, a battle so celebrated that it was named for the date itself. The tactical victory elevated British morale, but the grain convoy France was protecting slipped through to Brest, averting the famine that had threatened radical Paris. Both sides claimed success: Britain won the battle, France saved its food supply.
June 1, 1794
232 years ago
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