Battle of Famars

Battle of Famars
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition

Battle of Famars
Date23 May 1793
Location50°18′58″N 3°31′12″E / 50.3161°N 3.5200°E / 50.3161; 3.5200
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
France First French Republic  Austria
Province of Hanover Hanover
 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
France François Lamarche Habsburg monarchy Prince of Coburg
Habsburg monarchy Joseph de Ferraris
Kingdom of Great Britain Duke of York
Habsburg monarchy Merveldt
Strength
27,000 53,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed or wounded,
300 captured,
17 cannons lost,
14 ammunition wagons,
3 standards lost
c. 1,100 killed or wounded
Battle of Famars is located in Europe
Battle of Famars
Location within Europe

The Battle of Famars was fought on 23 May 1793 during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. An Allied Austrian, Hanoverian, and British army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeated the French Army of the North led by François Joseph Drouot de Lamarche. The battle occurred near the village of Famars in northern France, five km south of Valenciennes.