Battle of Tourcoing

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The Battle of Tourcoing was a major 1794 French Revolutionary War engagement in which French forces decisively defeated a larger coalition army in Flanders, helping secure the French Republic’s northern frontier.

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Battle of Tourcoing canonical 4
Battle of Tourcoing (1794) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith Army of the North
surface form: Army of the North (France)

Duke of York’s army
belligerent Dutch Republic
French First Republic
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy

Hanover
Kingdom of Great Britain
campaignObjective relief of Menin and Courtrai
casualties heavy coalition casualties
significant but lower French casualties
commander Count François de Clerfayt
Jacques Philippe Bonnaud NERFINISHED
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
Joseph Souham
Pierre-Jacques Osten
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
surface form: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Prince Coburg of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
surface form: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

William V, Prince of Orange
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
country France
countryInvolved Austria
Dutch Republic
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

France
Great Britain
date 17 May 1794
endDate 18 May 1794
followedBy Battle of Fleurus (1794)
surface form: Battle of Fleurus
front Western Front of the War of the First Coalition
surface form: Northern Front of the French Revolutionary Wars
historicalPeriod French Revolution
surface form: French Revolutionary era
historicalSignificance contributed to the eventual French dominance in the Flanders Campaign
location Flanders
Tourcoing
modernLocation Nord department
surface form: Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France
notableFeature French forces defeated a larger coalition army
example of successful French Revolutionary operational maneuver
opponent First Coalition
partOf Flanders Campaign
precededBy Battle of Willems
region Habsburg Netherlands
surface form: Austrian Netherlands
result French victory
strategicImportance checked the advance of First Coalition forces in Flanders
helped secure the northern frontier of the French Republic
strength Coalition army numerically superior to French forces
French army numerically inferior to coalition forces
tacticalOutcome coalition columns became dispersed and were defeated in detail
theatre War of the First Coalition
year 1794

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War of the First Coalition significantBattle Battle of Tourcoing
French campaign in the Low Countries hasPart Battle of Tourcoing
this entity surface form: Battle of Tourcoing (1794)
Flanders Campaign hasPart Battle of Tourcoing
Jean Victor Marie Moreau notableBattle Battle of Tourcoing