The Battle of Raismes, also known as the Battle of Condé or St. Amand, saw the French Republican army led by Auguste Marie Henri Picot de Dampierre attack the Allied Coalition army of Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. The French intended to raise the Siege of Condé, but were defeated by Coalition forces. The battle was fought during the Flanders Campaign in the War of the First Coalition. After hard fighting, the French were driving back a Prussian force when British reinforcements arrived to stabilize the situation. Dampierre was fatally wounded while leading a final unsuccessful assault. The Allies recaptured the lost ground two days later.
French commander Marquis de Dampierre was fatally wounded late in the Battle of Raismes.
Prince Coburg
Duke of York
François Lamarche
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was an Austrian nobleman and military commander.
Portrait of the Prince, wearing the Austrian military uniform with the ribbon and star of the Order of Maria Theresa of Austria by Ferdinand Jagemann