✦ History

Part of War of the First Coalition

Battle of Raismes

May 8, 1793

Result Coalition victory

Coalition forces near Valenciennes beat back a French attack. The French commander, Auguste Dampierre, was mortally wounded.

Contemporaries

Habsburg Monarchy

French First Republic

Habsburg monarchy
Great Britain
Kingdom of Prussia
France
François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt military commander Prince Josias of Coburg military commander Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
60,000c. 60,000
Casualties
600–870
Strength
c. 30,000
Casualties
c. 1,500