Coalition breakthrough and the siege of Maubeuge
- When
- July–August 1793
- Where
- French frontier fortresses and Maubeuge
- Part of
- Battle of Wattignies
The Coalition army shattered the French fortress line in summer 1793 and besieged Maubeuge; French relief attempts failed.
In summer 1793 the 118,000-strong Coalition army punched a gap in the French fortress line along the Austrian Netherlands frontier, with Condé falling on 12 July and Valenciennes on 27 July. On 7 August Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld hustled the Army of the North out of a position near Cambrai at Caesar's Camp. Two French columns failed to raise the ensuing siege of Maubeuge, one nearly wiped out by Coalition cavalry at Avesnes-le-Sec. Custine, the army's previous commander, was guillotined on 27 August 1793.
Sources
- Battle of Wattignies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
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