Battle of Boxtel

Battle of Boxtel
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition
The Combat of Boxtel 1794
Date 14–15 September 1794 Location Boxtel, Netherlands 51°35′N 5°20′E / 51.583°N 5.333°E / 51.583; 5.333 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Hesse-Darmstadt
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Charles Pichegru Antoine Guillaume Delmas	Duke of York Ralph Abercromby Georg von Düring
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The Battle of Boxtel was fought in the Duchy of Brabant on 14–15 September 1794, during the War of the First Coalition. It was part of the Flanders Campaign of 1793–94 in which British, Dutch and Austrian troops had attempted to launch an invasion of France through Flanders. It is often remembered as being the debut action of Arthur Wellesley, who later became the 1st Duke of Wellington.