THE BATTLE OF THE FIRST OF JUNE, 1794 by Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1795 ‘Lord Howe’s action, or the Glorious First of June’ (its original title) is an interpretation of the first major fleet battle of the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1801. The French admiral, Rear-Admiral Louis-Thomas Villaret-Joyeuse, had sailed from Brest to intercept a valuable grain […]

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