Battle of Tourcoing

Quand

18 mai 1794

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

50.73° N, 3.15° E

Description

1794 battle of the Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition

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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