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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
the Low Countries theatre, or Flanders campaign (1792–1795); the Rhine campaigns (Valmy campaign August–September 1792, Mainz/Frankfurt October 1792, Rhine campaign of 1793–94, Rhine campaign of 1795, Rhine campaign of 1796); the April 1792 incursions into Switzerland; the Italian campaigns (April 1792 – October 1797);
Fording the stream there unopposed, York's light cavalry ascended the low ridge to the south of the village to probe the French flank towards Querenaing. [6] Unfortunately there were several delays and congestion at Maresches so it was 3.00 pm before he was clear of the village, giving the French ample time to turn and face the threat, and 5.00 ...
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 1794 Flanders campaign had not gone well for the Allies. Despite initial successes in capturing the fort of Landrecies in their centre, they were in turn pushed back on their right flank by General Charles Pichegru's left wing of the Army of the North, which captured Menin, Courtrai and Ypres and fought the battles of Mouscron, Willems, Courtrai, Tourcoing and Tournai.
The siege of Landrecies (17–30 April 1794) was a military operation during the Spring 1794 campaign in the Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition.It was conducted by the veldleger (mobile army) of the Dutch States Army, commanded by the Hereditary Prince of Orange, assisted by auxiliary forces from the Habsburg Austrian army, against the fortress of Landrecies, garrisoned by ...