The Battle of Wattignies saw a French army commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan attack a Coalition army directed by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After two days of combat Jourdan's troops compelled the Habsburg covering force led by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of…
18th Century · 16th October
War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.
1793
Year of Event
233
Years Ago