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Battle of Wattignies

October 16, 1793 · Battle of Wattignies

Result French victory

Jourdan and Carnot forced Coburg to raise the siege of Maubeuge.

On the map Contemporaries

Coalition

France

Dutch Republic

Habsburg monarchy

France

François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt military commander

Prince Josias of Coburg military commander

William I of the Netherlands military commander

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan military commander

Lazare Carnot military commander Jacques Ferrand military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 30,000
Casualties: 3,000c. 3,000
Captured: c. 500

Strength: 44,000
Casualties: 3,000–5,000c. 6,000

Units

Austrian army in the Netherlands (1792–1794)

Army of the North (1792–1795)