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Action of 8 June 1794
The Action of 8 June 1794 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the Sardinian frigate ''Alceste'' and the French frigate ''Boudeuse'', with eventually support from the 80-gun ''Tonnant''. In the battle, ''Alceste'' manhandled ''Boudeuse'', but the engagement allowed the overwhelming ''Tonnant'' to arrive on the scene, forcing ''Alceste'' to surrender.
==Background==
In spring of 1794, France was preparing a 15-sail convoy to supply Corsica and counter the British Siege of Bastia. A squadron based in Toulon, under Rear-Admiral Martin, comprising seven ships of the line and several frigates, was to escort the convoy. Bastia fell to the British on 19 May 1794, and the original plans for the French squadron became moot.〔Troude, p.367〕
In the afternoon of 6 June, Martin put to sea with the intent to cruise off the coasts of Corsica.〔 Soon, the French squadron spotted a 10-ship British division to its south; the French formed a line of battle, but the British refused the engagement, sailed by at a distance of 9 miles, turned, and disappeared the next day.〔Troude, p.368〕
Admiral Hood ordered the 36-gun ''Alceste'', a French-built frigate captured by the British at Toulon and transferred by them to the Kingdom of Sardinia, to sail from Bastia to reinforce the blockading British squadrons.
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