Episode 10: Q2-1794 - The Glorious First

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly 1794. April. May. June. Three months in which the French and British fight their first major fleet action of these wars… as France is gripped by the Great Terror, the man at its centre is going through a personal crisis… And on the frontline the French scrape major victories at Tourcoing and Fleurus – thanks in part to the Austrians letting down the British. This is episode ten of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which infighting and the French foil the Allied Plan of Destruction. [09:13] - Rachel Blackman-Rogers describes how the Royal Navy won the Glorious First of June - but the French have a good claim to success too. [29:00] - Marisa Linton on the Great Terror and Robespierre's mental breakdown [47:02] - Philip Ball updates on the latest proceedings in the Low Countries, where the French continue to make progress. Plus Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze offer their inimitable analysis as usual throughout.