Siege of Thionville (1792)
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Siege of Thionville (1792) | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Print of the 1792 siege of Thionville | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Kingdom of the French (until 21 September) French First Republic |
Austria Prussia Armée des Émigrés | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 – 4,000 French |
20,000 Austrians 16,000 French émigrés |
The siege of Thionville was a battle during the War of the First Coalition. It began at Thionville on 24 August 1792. A coalition force of 20,000 Austrians and 16,000 French Royalist troops under Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen failed to take the town, commanded by , and raised the siege on 16 October. One of the French royalist troops was François-René de Chateaubriand, who was wounded in the battle.[1] In the aftermath of the siege the National Convention declared that Thionville had "deserved well of the fatherland" - it named Place de Thionville and Rue de Thionville in Paris after the victory.
References[]
- ^ Robert Leggewie, Anthologie de la littérature française, Tome II, troisième édition, p. 11.
Coordinates: 49°21′32″N 6°10′09″E / 49.3589°N 6.1692°E
Categories:
- Battles involving Austria
- Conflicts in 1792
- 1792 in France
- Battles of the War of the First Coalition
- Battles in Grand Est
- French battle stubs
- Austrian battle stubs