What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1794
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.73° N, 3.15° E
- Description
- 1794 battle of the Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition
Battle of Tourcoing
1794 battle of the Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Tourcoing saw a Republican French army directed by General of Division Joseph Souham defend against an attack by a Coalition army led by Emperor Francis II and Austrian Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The French army was temporarily led by Souham in the absence of its normal commander Jean-Charles Pichegru.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire française à la bataille de Tourcoing”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page