- repulsed,
except near the
village of
Wattignies. On the
second day,
Jourdan concentrated half his army at
Wattignies and
after a
tough fight,
forced Coburg...
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Wattignies (French pronunciation: [watiɲi]; Dutch: Wattenijs) is a
commune in the Nord
department of
northern France. It lies in the south-western part...
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Wattignies-la-Victoire (French pronunciation: [watiɲi la viktwaʁ]) is a
commune in the Nord
department of
northern France. It is
close to the site of the...
- The
Wattignies class was a
group of two
torpedo cruisers built for the
French Navy in the
early 1890s. The
class comprised Wattignies and Fleurus. They...
- The
French cruiser Wattignies was the lead ship of a
class of two
torpedo cruisers, the
Wattignies class, that were
built for the
French Navy (Marine...
-
February 1734 – 30
September 1799) led a
French division at the
Battle of
Wattignies. A nobleman, he
joined the
French Royal Army as a
cadet in 1755 and fought...
- Coalition, he saw
victory at
Neerwinden in 1793,
before being defeated at
Wattignies in 1793 and
Fleurus in 1794. In 1796, as
chief of all
Austrian forces...
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Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it was
relieved by the
victory of
Wattignies,
which is
commemorated by a
monument in the town. It was unsuccessfully...
-
victories were
overshadowed some time
later by his
defeat at the
Battle of
Wattignies. In 1794,
Coburg was
defeated by
General Jean-Baptiste
Jourdan at the...
- October, however, his
victorious career suffered a
reverse at the
Battle of
Wattignies. He parti****ted in the
Flanders Campaign against Charles Pichegru in...
