Aftermath: credit controversy and Jourdan's dismissal

Jourdan did not follow up his victory; after adding the Maubeuge garrison he had about 60,000 soldiers opposed by 65,000 well-entrenched Coalition troops on the north bank of the Sambre, from Solesmes to Thuin. Carnot rewrote history so that he and the political representatives received most credit for the triumph. Jourdan was dismissed in January 1794; on 10 January 1794 he was accused of not protecting the frontier and summoned again to Paris. Langeron later attributed the Coalition failure to the Dunkirk expedition, the retreat from Maubeuge, chronic slowness, and the cordon system.