<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>: In what became known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwallis's_Retreat" id="mwZQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cornwallis's Retreat">Cornwallis's Retreat</a>, a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mwZg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> squadron led by Vice Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cornwallis" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Cornwallis">William Cornwallis</a> strongly resists a much larger <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Navy" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="French Navy">French Navy</a> force and withdraws largely intact, setting up the French Navy defeat at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Groix" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Groix">Battle of Groix</a> six days later.