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Battle of Wattignies

Battle of Wattignies was a battle fought on 16 October 1793 at Maubeuge, in what is now France. It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars, which ran from 1792 to 1802. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: Engaged: 45,000; Jourdan: 45,000; Ferrand: 25,000 against Engaged: 22,400; Army of Observation: 37,000; Siege: 26,000.

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Bataille de Wattignies, 15-16 octobre 1793. L'affrontement s'achève sur une victoire de l'armée française commandée par le général Jourdan sur les forces autrichiennes du feld-maréchal de Saxe-Cobourg
Bataille de Wattignies, 15-16 octobre 1793. L'affrontement s'achève sur une victoire de l'armée française commandée par le général Jourdan sur les forces autrichiennes du feld-maréchal de Saxe-Cobourg. Eugène Lami, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought16 October 1793
WhereMaubeuge, France50.201N, 4.013E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsFranceagainstAustria; Dutch Republic
Casualties and losses3,000–5,000and3,000
Part ofFrench Revolutionary Wars1792 to 1802

Where it sits in the French Revolutionary Wars

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Record

Date16 October 1793
PlaceMaubeuge, France
50.201N, 4.013E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
StrengthEngaged: 45,000; Jourdan: 45,000; Ferrand: 25,000Engaged: 22,400; Army of Observation: 37,000; Siege: 26,000
Casualties and losses3,000–5,0003,000
Commanders
Battle of WattigniesBattle of WattigniesSiege of MaubeugeSiege of MaubeugeSiege of MaubeugeBattle of ErquelinnesBattle of GrandrengBattle of GrandrengBrusselsLilleAntwerpenLuxembourgMetzReimsBruggeAmiens100 km50.201N, 4.013E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FRENCH ARMY OF THE NORTHDefender: AUSTRIAN ARMY
Strength44,00023,000
Casualties4,500 (10.2%)3,000 (13.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1054
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width16 km16 km
Attacker advanced3 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 100), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Wattignies is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1059732, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Wattignies, revision 1370276745, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.