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The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794Nicholas Pocock© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, LondonNote from the National Maritime Museum: An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse.