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American Revolution Podcast

ARP194 Battle of Ushant

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

British Admiral Augustus Keppel and French Admiral Louis Guillouet, the comte d'Orvilliers lead fleets into the Atlantic. Each hope to destroy the other's fleet. After a relatively inconclusive battle at sea both battered fleets return to port. Disputes between top officers end careers on both sides. British Admirals Keppel and Palliser create a rift that divides naval officers and political leaders for a generation. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Syrett, David The Royal Navy in European Waters During the American Revolutionary War, Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1998 Online Recommendation of the Week: The Trial of the Honourable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue Squadron: At a Court Martial, https://archive.org/details/trialhonourable00blangoog Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast Join the Facebook group, or follow the Facebook Page for American Revolution Podcast.  American Revolution Podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy Support this podcast on Patreon or via PayPal. Find more books at https://bookshop.org/shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today episode 194 the Battle of Ushan.

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After Britain and France went to war in the spring of 1778,

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America became a sideshow to the main event.

1:01.0

Britain and France had been traditional enemies for centuries. Part of it was

1:06.1

the whole Catholic Protestant rift that had divided Europe. Part of it was conflicting claims over each

1:12.3

other's countries.

1:14.0

George III still held the title of King of France, a claim that dated back more than 400 years.

1:20.6

Although the channel kept the two kingdoms separated, there was a continuing rivalry between the two countries that simply would not end.

1:29.0

In the prior decades, most of the fighting had been over colonies around the world.

1:34.0

Britain and France traded colonies in wars back and forth.

1:38.0

North America was only one pawn in that larger game of chess.

1:42.0

In the hundred years prior to this war, in that

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in that larger game of chess. In the hundred years prior to this war,

1:46.0

Britain and France had faced off in at least five major wars,

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which totaled 39 years of fighting.

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