The Battle of Wattignies was fought during the French Revolutionary Wars, near the village of Wattignies-la-Victoire, near Lille, France, on 15/-16 October 1793. It resulted in the victory of the French under General Jourdan and Lazare Carnot against the Austrians under General Coburg. This victory forced Cobourg to lift the siege of Maubeuge and retreat eastward.
The Allied army, chiefly Austrians, under Coburg, was besieging Maubeuge, and the R...
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The Battle of Wattignies was fought during the French Revolutionary Wars, near the village of Wattignies-la-Victoire, near Lille, France, on 15/-16 October 1793. It resulted in the victory of the French under General Jourdan and Lazare Carnot against the Austrians under General Coburg. This victory forced Cobourg to lift the siege of Maubeuge and retreat eastward.
The Allied army, chiefly Austrians, under Coburg, was besieging Maubeuge, and the Revolutionary army, preparing to relieve it, gathered behind Avesnes. Coburg disposed a covering force of 21,000 astride the Avesnes-Maubeuge road, 5,000 on the right with their flank on the Sambre, 9000 in the centre, on a ridge in an amphitheatre of woods, and on the left, chiefly on the plateau of Wattignies.
The long line of woods enabled the Republican commander, Jourdan, to deploy unseen; 14,000 men under Gen. Fromentin were to attack the right, 16,000 under Gen. Duquenoy were sent towards Wattignies, and 13,000 under Gen. Balland were to...
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