Battle of Tournay
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| Battle of Tournay | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| French Republic | Austria, Great Britain, Hannover |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| General Pichegru | Prince Josias of Coburg | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ca 45,000 | ca 28,000 | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| 5,500 killed or wounded, 450 captured, 7 cannons lost |
3,000 killed or wounded | ||||||
| War of the First Coalition |
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| Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Entrames – Toulon – Famars – Fontenay-le-Comte – Cholet – Luçon – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Truillas – Boulou – Tourcoing – Fleurus – Vosges – Tournay – Black Mountain – Lodi – Arcole – Genoa – Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Amberg – Rovereto – Bassano – Montenotte – Dego – Cape St Vincent – Santa Cruz – Rivoli – Camperdown |
The Battle of Tournay, was fought on 22 May 1794 in the Belgian province of Hainaut on the Schelde River (about 80 km southwest of Brussels) between French forces under General Pichegru and Allied forces (Austrian, English, and Hanoverian troops) under Prince Josias of Coburg, in which the Allies won a victory.
[edit] References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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