Monday 18 May 2020

Battle of Tourcoing 1794

The Battle of Tourcoing (18 May 1794)[1] saw a Republican French army directed by General Joseph Souham defend against an attack by an Habsburg, British, and Hanoverian Coalition army under Austrian Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. 
Tourcoing 1794. The Duke of York, separated from his command, narrowly avoided capture and was obliged to wade a deep brook to escape.

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