Siege of Maubeuge (1793)

Siege of Maubeuge
Part of the French Revolution
siege of Maubeuge was a siege of the city of Maubeuge by an Austro-Dutch force of 60,000 men under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld during the War of the First Coalition.
Date30 September – 16 October 1793
Location
Maubeuge, France
Result French victory
Belligerents
France Republican France Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Austria
Dutch Republic Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
France Jacques Ferrand
Jacques Desjardin		 Holy Roman Empire Prince of Coburg
Dutch Republic Prince of Orange
Strength
Garrison: 24,107
Relief Army: 45,000		 Siege Army: 26,000
Observation Army: 37,000

The siege of Maubeuge (30 September – 16 October 1793) was a siege of the city of Maubeuge by an Austro-Dutch force of 60,000 men[1]: 58  under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld during the War of the First Coalition. Maubeuge was defended by a 24,000-strong garrison under the French Republican generals Desjardin and Mayer.[2]: 66  The Prince was aiming to clear his march on Paris, but he had to raise the siege after the Republican victory at the battle of Wattignies and the prospect of the armée de la Moselle coming to raise the siege.

The French representative on mission, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, was captured by the Austrians during the siege, and only returned to France in December 1795 through a prisoner exchange.[3]

  1. ^ Digby Smith, The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book : Actions and Losses in Personnel, Colours, Standards and Artillery, 1792-1815, Greenhill Books, 1998 (ISBN 1-85367-276-9)
  2. ^ Frédéric Hulot, Le Maréchal Jourdan, Pygmalion, June 2010 (ISBN 978-2-7564-0299-4)
  3. ^ Robert, Adolphe; Cougny, Gaston (1890). Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (in French). Paris. p. 411.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)