Battle of Tourcoing

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The Battle of Tourcoing was a major 1794 French Revolutionary War engagement in which French forces decisively defeated a larger coalition army in Flanders, helping secure the French Republic’s northern frontier.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Tourcoing canonical 9
Battle of Tourcoing (1794) 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
associatedWith Army of the North (France) ⓘ
linked to: Army of the North

Duke of York’s army ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
campaignObjective relief of Menin and Courtrai ⓘ
casualties heavy coalition casualties ⓘ
significant but lower French casualties ⓘ
commander Count François de Clerfayt ⓘ
Jacques Philippe Bonnaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean Victor Marie Moreau ⓘ
Joseph Souham ⓘ
Pierre-Jacques Osten ⓘ
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ⓘ
William V, Prince of Orange ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countryInvolved Austria ⓘ
Dutch Republic ⓘ
Electorate of Hanover ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
date 17 May 1794 ⓘ
endDate 18 May 1794 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Fleurus ⓘ
front Northern Front of the French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary era ⓘ
linked to: French Revolution
historicalSignificance contributed to the eventual French dominance in the Flanders Campaign ⓘ
location Flanders ⓘ
Tourcoing ⓘ
modernLocation Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France ⓘ
linked to: Nord department
notableFeature French forces defeated a larger coalition army ⓘ
example of successful French Revolutionary operational maneuver ⓘ
opponent First Coalition ⓘ
partOf Flanders Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Willems ⓘ
region Austrian Netherlands ⓘ
result French victory ⓘ
strategicImportance checked the advance of First Coalition forces in Flanders ⓘ
helped secure the northern frontier of the French Republic ⓘ
strength Coalition army numerically superior to French forces ⓘ
French army numerically inferior to coalition forces ⓘ
tacticalOutcome coalition columns became dispersed and were defeated in detail ⓘ
theatre War of the First Coalition ⓘ
year 1794 ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the First Coalition → significantBattle → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
French campaign in the Low Countries → hasPart → Battle of Tourcoing (1794) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Tourcoing
Flanders Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
Jean Victor Marie Moreau → notableBattle → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
French offensive operations of 1794 → hasPart → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
Siege of Landrecies → followedBy → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
Duke of York’s army → notableEngagement → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ
Jean Nicolas Houchard → battle → Battle of Tourcoing ⓘ