ID: 901001645 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001645	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of the First of June (European history, 1794)

Note: The first major naval conflict of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the French and British in the Atlantic 400 miles from the West coast of the Island of Ouessant (Ushant). The British were attempting to block a shipment of grain from the United States by the French Atlantic fleet. Technically a British victory, but the French fleet succeeded in drawing the British away from the convoy of 130 merchant ships that reached Brest safely.

Display Date: 1 June 1794

Names:

	Battle of the First of June (European history, 1794) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Battle of the Glorious First of June (European history, 1794) (English,U,P)
	Battle of Ushant (European history, 1794) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........<French history> (P)
		............French Revolutionary Wars (military conflicts, 1792-1802) (P)
		................Battle of the First of June (European history, 1794) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	belligerent was .... France
	..... ULAN Candidate

	belligerent was .... Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom of
	..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:

	Battle of the First of June (European history, 1794)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Battle of the Glorious First of June (European history, 1794)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Battle of Ushant (European history, 1794)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)