Episode 1 of 3
Allied Command Disputes
- When
- June 1794
- Where
- Tournai and the Sambre theatre
- Part of
- Battle of Fleurus
Coburg's plan for a decisive Sambre battle was complicated by British suspicions of Austrian abandonment of the Low Countries.
Coburg planned to move 12,000 Austrians from Tournai to join Orange's and Beaulieu's 40,000 against Jourdan. He needed the Duke of York to guard the Scheldt and delay withdrawal to the Netherlands, but the British initially refused, suspecting the Austrians were using them to cover a retreat from the Low Countries.
Sources
- Battle of Fleurus (1794) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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