This war, unlike previous wars against the…

July 1778 CE

This war, unlike previous wars against the French, will offer Britain few, if any, strategic options, such as choosing to fight in Europe as opposed to fighting in Asia and America.

France and Britain fight over the control of the Channel, as one of the episodes of the globalized warfare that follows the start of the hostilities in 1778.

Early in the war, the first fleet action in European waters is fought on July 27, 1778, one hundred miles west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the Channel.

The two French and British battle fleets, of equal strength at thirty ships each, come to battle each other violently for several hours with neither side scoring a clear victory.

The battle will be described afterward as indecisive in its results.

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Ushant Bretagne France View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View →

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American Revolution View → American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → Ushant, Battle of View → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) View →

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