| Siege of Fort-Louis (1793) | |||||||
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| Part of War of the First Coalition | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Carte_cassini_Fort-Louis.jpg) Map of Fort-Louis by Cassini (1756–1815) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Habsburg Austria Hesse-Darmstadt Electorate of Bavaria |
 Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Franz von Lauer |
Michel Durand | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,700, 55 guns | 4,500, 111 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | 4,500, 5 colors | ||||||
The siege of Fort-Louis (14 October – 14 November 1793) saw a force composed of Habsburg Austrians, Hessians and Bavarians led by Franz von Lauer lay siege to Fort-Louis which was held by a Republican French garrison under Michel Durand. The French capitulated after a defense lasting exactly one month. The siege occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793 the fortress was sited on an island in the Rhine River, but today Fort-Louis is a village in the Bas-Rhin department in France.