Historedia
Person

Joseph Souham

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Joseph Souham, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Tourcoing

    1794

    Role: French General of Division, temporary army commander

    1. 17–18 May 1794 · Near Tourcoing, north of LilleFrench Victory at Tourcoing

      On 17–18 May 1794 Souham's French army defeated the Coalition's poorly coordinated columns near Tourcoing.

    2. 17–18 May 1794 · Tourcoing battlefieldImprovised French Counterattack

      Threatened with encirclement, Souham, Moreau, and Bonnaud improvised a counterattack defeating the separated Coalition columns.

    3. Undated; inferred from the May 1794 battle context · Menen–Kortrijk bulge sector and TournaiCoalition Plan to Envelop the French Bulge

      Mack's plan launched six columns to envelop the French army holding a bulge at Menen and Kortrijk.

Sources

  1. Battle of Tourcoing Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20