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  Neerwinden - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
NEERWINDEN, a village of Belgium in the province of Liege, a few miles E. by S. of Tirlemont, which gives its name to two great battles, the first fought in 1693 between the Anglo-Allied army under William III.
The battle of the 18th March 1793 marked the end of Dumouriez's attempt to overrun the Low Countries and the beginning of the Allies' invasion of France.
In these conditions an attempt to win a second Jemappes with numerical odds of II to Io instead of 2 to I in favour of the attack was foredoomed to disaster, and the repulse of the Revolutionary Army was the signal for its almost complete dissolution.
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 Learn more about List of battles (alphabetical) in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Battle of Covadonga - 722 - Moslem Conquest of Spain
Battle of Mohacs - 1526 - Turkish Conquest of Hungary
Battle of Pavia (773) - Conquests of Charlemagne
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Battle of Arcola, 15 and 17 November 1796.
Battle of Leipzig, 16, 17, 18, and 19 October 1813.
Battles of Champaubert and Vauchamps, 10 and 14 February 1814.
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 NEERWINDEN - Online Information article about NEERWINDEN
The material results of the battle were twelve thousand Allies (as against eight thousand French) killed, wounded and prisoners, and eighty guns and a great number of See also:
Brussels, encountered the heads of the hurriedly assembling French army at Tirlemont on the 15th of- March, and took up a position between Neerwinden and Neerlanden.
compass victory, the way to fight a " sans culotte " battle, were not evolved until later.
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 Lazare Hoche - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the defence of Thionville in that year Hoche earned further promotion, and he served with credit in the operations of1792-1793on the northern frontier of France.
In October 1793 he was provisionally appointed to command the Army of the Moselle, and within a few weeks he was in the field at the head of his army in Lorraine.
His first battle was that of Kaiserslautern (28th-30th of November) against Prussians.
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 Danton, Georges Jacques - Search View - MSN Encarta
In spite of his relative moderation, he voted both for the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 and participated in the creation of the revolutionary tribunal in March.
Danton came under criticism for his failure to stem the growth of counter-revolutionary activity, and he was blamed for the defection of General Dumouriez to the Austrians after the Battle of Neerwinden in March 1793.
The rupture between the Dantonists and the Jacobins was complete by the end of 1793, the period during which Robespierre was attempting to steer his government between the extremists and the indulgentes.
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 Napoleonic Battles
Though essentially a tactical draw as a battle, Fleurus was a significant strategic victory for the French.
An attempted flanking manouever by Drouet's corps might have made the battle a decisive one but the unit was recalled by Ney to help at Quatre Bras and failed to intervene.
It was a defensive battle fought on the Brussels road only a little short of the city itself.
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 My Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On September 20, the French defeated the Prussian army at the battle of Valmy.
On January 21, 1793, after a short trial by the Convention, King Louis XVI was guillotined.
However, on March 18, France was defeated at the battle of Neerwinden in the Netherlands.
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 Personalities
From his birth until 1785 Louis Philippe was known as the duc de Valois and subsequently as the duc de Chartes until 1793, when his father was guillotined, and he succeeded him as duc d'Orleans.
Like his father he was in sympathy with the French Revolution, the upheaval in France that resulted in the establishment of the First Republic, and in 1790 he joined the Jacobins, members of a French radical political club.
After the defeat of the French army by the Austrians at the Battle of Neerwinden, Holland, in 1793, Louis Philippe was implicated with his superior officer, in a plot against the republic, and he fled to Switzerland.
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 THE NAFZIGER COLLECTION
This work covers that battle in detail and the translator has walked the battlefield, inserting photographs of it to bring the story to life for the modern reader.
The discussion of the campaign is filled with highly detailed accounts of every battle that occurred during this campaign, from the big battles to the sieges and the small engagements of raiding parties supported by a few hundred Polish militia.
In addition, to a varying degree, the battle history of the army and its units is discussed.
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 Le blog de alvinczy
Promoted to Feldmarschalleutnant, he was transferred to the Austrian Netherlands in 1790 to suppres the United States of Belgium, until a fall from his horse forced him to retire.
Upon the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1792, Alvinczy commanded a Division, steading his demoralised men at a key stage of the victorious battle of Neerwinden in 1793, leading his men forward to capture the village; for this expolit he was awarded the Commanders Cross of the MTO.
On his recovery and promotion to Feldzeugmeister, Alvinczy advised the William VI of Orange in the successful relief of Charleroi in June 1793, losing two horses under him in the process, and earning the reward of the Grand cross of the MTO.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lazare Hoche
His first battle was that of Kaiserslautern (28 - 30 November 1793) against the Prussians.
On December 22, 1793 he stormed the lines of Fröschweiler, and the representatives of the National Convention with his army at once added the Army of the Rhine to his sphere of command.
On 26 December 1793 the French carried by assault the famous lines of Weissenburg, and Hoche pursued his success, sweeping the enemy before him to the middle Rhine in four days.
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 Neerwinden : Battle of Neerwinden : Revolutionary Wars : French Revolution : Dumouriez
Neerwinden : Battle of Neerwinden : Revolutionary Wars : French Revolution : Dumouriez
At the head of more than 40,000 men, General Dumouriez attacked Prince Frederick of Saxe-Coburg's Austrians but his columnar advance was soundly defeated.
Needless to say, the first people he introduced to the Austrians were his accusers.
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 World history and events in 1793   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Commander-Army of the North Jean-Nicholas Houchard 1793 to 1793
Comte Commander-Army of the North Custine 1793 to 1793
Commander-Army of the North Picot Dampierre 1793 to 1793
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 List of battles 1401-1800
1428 Battle of Orleans English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury with duke of Bedford besiege French city and are driven off with the loss of their siege engines by Joan.
1547 Battle of Mühlberg[?] April 24 HRE Charles V captures elector of Saxony and lays siege to Wittenberg in the Schmalkaldic War.
1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort June 2 Battle between Dutch (led by Prince Mauritz) and Spanish army, led by Albrecht, archduke of Austria.
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 Austrian Orders & Medals of the Napoleonic Period
An officer had to command in a battle or a unit in a winning action to be eligible.
The medal was reissued in 1793 in gold, and 1794 in gold and silver.
In 1793 four gold medals were awarded, and in 1794 six gold and 20 silver.
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 Archduke Charles - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
He commanded a brigade at Battle of Jemappes, and in the campaign of 1793 distinguished himself at the Action of Aldenhoven and the Battle of Neerwinden.
In the remainder of the war in the Low Countries he held high commands, and he was present at Battle of Fleurus.
The result of the Battle of Hohenlinden had, however, foredoomed the attempt, and the archduke had to make the armistice of Steyr.
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At the Battle of Neerwinden (1793) he served as aide-de-camp to General le Veneur, and when Dumouriez deserted to the Austrians, Hoche, along with le Veneur and others, fell under suspicion of treason; but after being kept
Xavier Jean-Marie Clément Vernhet de Laumière (1812-1863) was an artillery general who was killed in the battle during the Campaign of Mexico in 1863.
Marcel was the seventh Bishop of Paris, a succesor to St. Denis and one of the patron saints of Paris along with St. Geneviève and St. Germain.
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 Austrian Orders & Medals of the Napoleonic Period
An officer had to command in a battle or a unit in a winning action to be eligible for the higher grades, and even Oberlieutenants had to perform prodigious feats of duty and valor to receive the knight's cross.
The medal was granted by Francis II after the defeat of the French under General Dumouriez on 18 March 1793.
It was to be given for outstanding performance of duty in administering to the spiritual requirements of the troops during war when under fire or in a battle area.
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 People of Napoleonic Period
In 1794 fought in battles of Moscroen, Tourcoing and Nijmegan.
Fought battles of Aldenhoven, Neerwinden and Wattignies in 1793
Fought at battles of Champaubert, Montmirail, Chateau-Thierry, Vauchamps, Craonne, and Laon in 1814
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 Davout
In 1792, he is in command of a battalion of volunteers of the Yonne in the Army of Belgium.
He takes part in the battle of Neerwinden on March 18, 1793.
Davout is sent to the Army of the West and promoted to brigadier general (June 1793).
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 Neerwinden - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the War of the Grand Alliance the French under Marshal Luxembourg defeated (1693) William III of England there.
In the French Revolutionary Wars, a French defeat (1793) at Neerwinden resulted in the defection of General Dumouriez to the Austrians.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Neerwinden" at HighBeam.
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 Napoleon Series Battle Lists: War of the 1st Coalition
With this battle Houchard relieved the besieged French.
The losses indicated in (12, page 67) have probably to be seen in connection with the whole action around Charleroi during this day (not only at Fleurus).
Some sources claim this battle as a french victory (probably because as a result of the battle Archduke Charles was afterwards pressured back over the Danube).
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 1790s
October 15 - 17 - Battle of Wattignies
November 15 - 17 - Battle of Arcola
September 25 - 26 - Battle of Zürich (September 1799)
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 The Society of the Irish Brigade - History of the Society of the Irish Brigade
At the Battle of Tippermuir (1644) and Aberdeen (1644), the Irish Regiments held the centre of the line and with the Highland Clans developed the famed highland charge.
The 5th Royal Irish Lancers were raised in 1689 fought at the Battle of the Boyne and as Ross's Horse were sent to the Netherlands were disbanded in 1799 having being infiltrated by the United Irishmen.
The 87th Regiment and 89th Regiment were raised in Ireland in 1793.
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 200th Anniversaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
6 and 13 July: The battles of Algeciras.
Where 800 British Regulars (2 weak battalions) backed up by 200 Canadian militia, Voltigeurs and Indians fought an open battle with 3,000 US Regulars and beat them clear off the field.
It stopped the US advance on Montreal dead in its tracks.
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 Memorable Events Of 1793, Historical Events, Important Dates In History, Free Greeting Cards, Free Ecards, Quotations, ...
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