Historedia
Person

Lazare Carnot

Events
2
Episodes
8
Years
1793–1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lazare Carnot, 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 Wattignies

    1793–1794

    Role: Committee of Public Safety representative

    1. July–August 1793 · French frontier fortresses and MaubeugeCoalition breakthrough and the siege of Maubeuge

      The Coalition army shattered the French fortress line in summer 1793 and besieged Maubeuge; French relief attempts failed.

    2. 1–14 October 1793 · Front south of MaubeugeFrench dispositions and reconnaissance

      Jourdan deployed in four masses from 1 October and, with Carnot, reconnoitered the Coalition front south of Maubeuge on 14 October.

    3. 15 October 1793 · Village of WattigniesFirst day: repulsed assault and fighting at Wattignies

      On 15 October a clumsy 45,000-man French attack was repulsed except near Wattignies, where the village changed hands amid counterattacks.

    4. 16–17 October 1793 · Height of WattigniesSecond day: capture of the Wattignies height and Coalition withdrawal

      On 16 October Jourdan assaulted the Wattignies height in three columns; deserters' false reports unnerved the Austrians, who withdrew.

    5. 17 October 1793 – 10 January 1794 · Sambre front and ParisAftermath: credit controversy and Jourdan's dismissal

      Jourdan did not pursue; Carnot rewrote history to claim credit, and Jourdan was summoned to Paris and dismissed in January 1794.

  2. Battle of Tourcoing

    1794

    Role: Committee of Public Safety strategist

    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 Wattignies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  2. Battle of Tourcoing Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20