Combat de la Belle Poule et de l'Aréthusa by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy
Date
17 June 1778
Location
23 miles (37 km) south of The Lizard
Result
Minor British success
Belligerents
Great Britain
France
Commanders and leaders
Augustus Keppel
Jean Clocheterie
Strength
4 ships
1 third rate
1 fifth rate
1 sixth-rate
1 cutter
3 ships
2 frigates
1 corvette
Casualties and losses
1 ship damaged
44 casualties
1 frigate captured
1 corvette captured (both later released)
102 casualties [Note 1]
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American Revolutionary War: European & Atlantic Waters
North Channel
17 June 1778
1st Ushant
English Channel
1st Jersey
14 September 1779
Flamborough Head
6 October 1779
11 November 1779
20 November 1779
8 January 1780
Cape St. Vincent
Madeira
Cape Santa Maria
10 August 1780
13 August 1780
Bermuda
4 January 1781
2nd Jersey
25 February 1781
Málaga
1 May 1781
30 May 1781
Porto Praya
Dogger Bank
Minorca
2nd Ushant
16 March 1782
3rd Ushant
4 September 1782
Gibraltar
Cape Spartel
12 December 1782
The action of 17 June 1778 also known as the Fight of Belle Poule and Arethusa was a minor naval action that took place off the coast of France between British and French frigates. The action was widely celebrated by both France and Great Britain and was the first between the two naval forces during the American Revolutionary War before a formal declaration of war was even announced.[2]
^Cunat (1857), p. 380.
^Syrett (1998), p.36
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