Battle of Wattignies
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The Battle of Wattignies saw a French army commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan attack a Coalition army directed by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After two days of combat Jourdan's troops compe
Battle of Wattignies by Eugène Lami
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Count Bellegarde
Wattignies church
Siege of Condé (1793)
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The siege of Condé saw a force made up of Habsburg Austrians and French Royalists commanded by Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg lay siege to a Republican French garrison led by Jean Ne
The defenses of Condé included ditches that could be flooded via sluice gates.
Some of Condé's old defenses still survive.
Auguste de Dampierre