Battle of Jemappes

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Jemappes was a major 1792 French Revolutionary victory over Austrian forces in present-day Belgium that helped secure French control of the Austrian Netherlands early in the wars.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bataille de Jemappes	1
Jemappes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Jemappes ⓘ surface form: Bataille de Jemappes
associatedWith	French First Republic ⓘ surface form: First French Republic
belligerent	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Austrian Netherlands France ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg Austria
campaign	French campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ surface form: Dumouriez’s Belgian campaign of 1792
combatantSide	Austrian Army ⓘ French Revolutionary Army ⓘ
commander	Charles-François Dumouriez ⓘ surface form: Charles François Dumouriez Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen ⓘ François Joseph d’Alsace de Hénin-Liétard ⓘ
conflictIn	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg monarchy
date	1792-11-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Neerwinden (1793) ⓘ French advance to Brussels ⓘ
front	Western Front of the War of the First Coalition ⓘ
historicalPeriod	French Revolution ⓘ
historicalRegion	Southern Netherlands ⓘ
location	Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ surface form: Austrian Netherlands Hainaut ⓘ Battle of Jemappes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jemappes near Mons ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	French Army ⓘ surface form: French artillery French cavalry ⓘ French infantry ⓘ
notableFor	large-scale use of massed French volunteer troops ⓘ one of the first major French victories of the Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
opponentRegime	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Habsburg monarchy Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
outcome	French forces drove Austrian army from its positions ⓘ
partOf	War of the First Coalition ⓘ
precededBy	French campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ surface form: French invasion of the Austrian Netherlands (1792)
relatedEvent	Battle of Neerwinden (1793) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Neerwinden Battle of Valmy ⓘ French declaration of war on Austria (1792) ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ
strategicConsequence	boosted morale of the French Revolutionary government ⓘ opened the way for French occupation of Brussels ⓘ secured French control of the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
territorialEffect	temporary French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
theater	French campaign in the Low Countries ⓘ surface form: Low Countries theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
typeOfEngagement	pitched battle ⓘ
year	1792 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Jemappes → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bataille de Jemappes

Armies of the French Revolution and Empire → engagement → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ

Battle of Valmy → followedBy → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ

Battle of Jemappes → location → Battle of Jemappes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jemappes

First Coalition → notableBattle → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ

War of the First Coalition → significantBattle → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ

French Revolutionary Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Jemappes ⓘ