Siege of Valenciennes

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The Siege of Valenciennes was a key 1793 engagement during the War of the First Coalition in which French Revolutionary forces defended the fortified city of Valenciennes against besieging Allied armies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siege of Valenciennes canonical 1
Siège de Valenciennes 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement ⓘ
siege ⓘ
besiegedBy Allied armies ⓘ
commandedBy François Ferrand de La Caussade de Saint-Amand ⓘ
François de Fayolle ⓘ
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ⓘ
conflict War of the First Coalition ⓘ
countryInvolved Dutch Republic ⓘ
France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
defendedBy French Revolutionary forces ⓘ
describedAs key 1793 engagement during the War of the First Coalition ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Hondschoote ⓘ
Siege of Dunkirk ⓘ
FrenchName Siège de Valenciennes ⓘ
hasCause War of the First Coalition operations in Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Flanders Campaign
hasEffect loss of a key fortress for the French Republic ⓘ
temporary Allied penetration into northern France ⓘ
hasFortificationType fortified city ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasLocation France ⓘ
Nord ⓘ
Valenciennes ⓘ
hasOutcome occupation of Valenciennes by Allied forces ⓘ
surrender of Valenciennes ⓘ
hasResult Allied victory ⓘ
locatedInTime 1790s ⓘ
namedAfter Valenciennes ⓘ
opponent First Coalition ⓘ
First French Republic ⓘ
participant Austrian army ⓘ
British army ⓘ
linked to: British Army

Dutch troops ⓘ
French Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Hanoverian troops ⓘ
linked to: Hanoverian Army
partOf French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
pointInTime late 18th century ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Famars ⓘ
startTime 1793 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a major fortress on the French northern frontier ⓘ
timePeriod French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
usedFor defense of a fortified city ⓘ
usedWarfareType artillery bombardment ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Flanders Campaign → hasPart → Siege of Valenciennes ⓘ
Siege of Valenciennes → FrenchName → Siège de Valenciennes ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Valenciennes