The battle Hostile_encounter was a rare French victory , lying Placing between the significant British victories at the Glorious First of June and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Groix , in the Royal Navy campaign Military_operation against the French fleet at Brest .

The Glorious First of June ( also known as the Fourth Battle of Ushant or , in France , as the ' or ' ) of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict Hostile_encounter between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars .

The Glorious First of June demonstrated Protest a number of the major problems inherent in the French and British navies at the start of the Revolutionary Wars .

Two more songs , `` Glorious '' and `` Crying Shame '' , which were debuted Process_start during the Absolution Tour also received Receiving airings although these would eventually become Becoming B-Sides .

The campaign Military_operation involved Cause_to_be_included commerce raiding Attack by detached forces Causation and two minor engagements Hostile_encounter , eventually culminating Process_end in the full fleet action of the Glorious First of June 1794 , at which both fleets were badly mauled Bodily_harm and both Britain and France claimed Statement victory Earnings_and_losses .

The culminating Process_end action of the campaign took place Process_start over into the Atlantic , and became Becoming known as the Glorious First of June .

The action formed Coming_to_be a minor part of the Atlantic campaign of May 1794 , a campaign Military_operation which culminated Process_end in the battle of the Glorious First of June , and was unusual in that the French ship `` Castor '' had only been in French hands for a few days at the time of the engagement .