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On 1 January 1977, Jemappes was merged into Mons. [1] Jemappes is known for the Battle of Jemappes between the French and Austrian armies in 1792. During the French occupation of Belgium (1792–1814), there was a département named after the Battle of Jemappes, Jemmape. Jemappes was also a battleground in the First World War.
Jemmape (French:) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium. It was named after the Battle of Jemappes, fought between the French and the Austrians in 1792 near the village of Jemappes, near Mons. Jemappes was spelled Jemmape, Jemmapes or Jemmappes at the time.
Parisian battalions and the 19th regiment of Flanders led by Auguste Dampierre at the Battle of Jemmapes, by Raymond Desvarraux. The Battle of Jemappes (6 November 1792) took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium), near Mons during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.
It depicts the Battle of Jemmapes fought on 6 November 1792 near Jemappes in modern-day Belgium. [1] Stylistically it is part of the developing romantic movement in art. [2] One of the earliest battles of the French Revolutionary Wars Jemappes fought between forces of the First French Republic and the Austrian Empire.
In the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792, a French army led by Charles François Dumouriez attacked and defeated an Austrian army commanded by Albert of Saxe-Teschen. Though the Austrians were outnumbered three-to-one, the victory greatly encouraged the population of the young First French Republic and lead to the evacuation of Austrian ...
On 17 April 1893, between Mons and Jemappes, seven strikers were killed by the civic guard at the end of the Belgian general strike of 1893. This general strike was one of the first general strikes in an industrial country. The proposed law on universal suffrage was approved the day after by the Belgian Parliament.
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Borains (from Jemappes) fired upon by the civic guard of Mons during the Belgian general strike of 1893 (Le Petit Journal, May 1893) The Borinage (French pronunciation:) is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium. The name derives from the coal mines of the region, bores, meaning mineshafts. [1]