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In the Low Countries, the Allies' immediate aim was to eject the French from the Dutch Republic (modern The Netherlands) and the Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium), then march on Paris to end the chaotic and bloody French version of republican government. Austria and Prussia broadly supported this aim, but both were short of money.
This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797). It includes the battles of: It includes the battles of: the Low Countries theatre, or Flanders campaign (1792–1795);
Dumouriez was forced by his superiors to return to Belgium and take command in the Flanders Campaign. After a defeat at Neerwinden, Dumouriez had to retreat from Belgium. He then made an agreement with the Austrians to hand over to them several border fortresses in return for a truce where he could march on Paris and restore the monarchy under ...
This is a list of wars that occurred in the southern Low Countries between 1560 and 1829. Unlike the 'Northern Netherlands', where a set of united provinces and cities proclaimed its independence in 1581 and would become the Dutch Republic in 1588, the southern Low Countries would remain dependent territories throughout this time.
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Flanders campaign may refer to: 1709 campaign in the War of the Spanish Succession; Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition (1792–1795) during the French Revolutionary War; Battle of Flanders (disambiguation), any of a series of battles in the First World War (1914–1918) Campaign during the German invasion of Belgium (1940)
The Austrian defeat at Fleurus also led to the breakup of the Allied army in the north as the Austrian abandonment of the Low Countries also led to the withdrawal of English and Dutch forces northwards, away from the Austrians, to defend the Netherlands. The Duke of York's forces crossed into the Netherlands at Roosendaal on 24 July, the same ...
The Battle of Famars was fought on 23 May 1793 during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.An Allied Austrian, Hanoverian, and British army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeated the French Army of the North led by François Joseph Drouot de Lamarche.