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Vergennes, foreign minister of France, worried that a war over the Bavarian succession would upset his plans against Britain. Ever since the Seven Years' War, France's Foreign Ministers, beginning with Choiseul, had followed the general idea that the independence of Britain's North American colonies would be good for France and bad for Britain, and furthermore that French attempts to recover ...
The Battle of Ushant (also called the First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778, [2] and was fought during the American Revolutionary War between French and British fleets 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant, an island at the mouth of the English Channel off the westernmost point of France. "Ushant" is the anglicised pronunciation of ...
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Anglo-French War (1778–1783). Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles of the Anglo-French War (1778–83) .
Anglo-French War (1294–1303) – known as the Gascon War in English and the Guyenne War in French; Anglo-French War (1324) – known as the War of Saint-Sardos; Anglo-French War (1337–1453) – the Hundred Years' War and its peripheral conflicts, often broken up into: Edwardian War (1337–1360) Caroline War (1369–1389) Lancastrian War ...
Anglo-French War (1778–1783) (3 C, 6 P) ... Action of 17 June 1778; Action of 20 October 1778; Battle of Alligator Creek Bridge; American Revolutionary War;
Action of 9 August 1780; Action of 10 September 1782; Action of 11 September 1778; Action of 11 September 1779; Action of 12 August 1782; Action of 12 December 1782; Action of 13 August 1780; Action of 13 May 1779; Action of 15 February 1783; Action of 15 June 1780; Action of 15 September 1782; Action of 17 August 1779; Action of 17 June 1778 ...
Battle of Quiberon Bay: 1759-11-20 1759-11-20 Great Britain: Defeat Seven Years' War (1759 Invasion Campaign) Battle of Ushant: 1778-27-07 1778-27-07 Great Britain: Victory American Revolutionary War: Battle of Grenada: 1779-07-06 1779-07-06 Great Britain: Victory American Revolutionary War (West Indies) Battle of the Chesapeake: 1781-09-05 ...
In Europe, France was maneuvering to exploit the opportunity to weaken a long-term rival. Following the Franco-American alliance of February 1778, French forces were sent to North America to support the revolutionaries. This led to the Anglo-French War (1778–1783), which Spain joined on the French side in 1779.