Siege of Thionville (1792)
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| Siege of Thionville (1792) | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
 Print of the 1792 siege of Thionville | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of the French (until 21 September) French First Republic |
 Habsburg Realm Armée des Émigrés | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Georges Félix de Wimpffen |
Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000–5,000[2] French |
20,000 Austrians[3] 12,000[4]–16,000 French émigrés | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Low | Very heavy | ||||||
  Location within Europe | |||||||
The siege of Thionville saw an unsuccessful attempt to conquer the French stronghold of Thionville by the Austro-royalists during the War of the First Coalition.[5]
It began at Thionville on 24 August 1792. A coalition force of 20,000 Austrians and 16,000 French Royalist troops under Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg failed to take the town, commanded by Georges Félix de Wimpffen, and raised the siege on 16 October. One of the French royalist troops was François-René de Chateaubriand, who was wounded in the battle.[6]
Aftermath
In the aftermath of the siege the National Convention declared that Thionville had "deserved well of the fatherland" - it named Place de Thionville and Rue de Thionville in Paris after the victory.
Legacy
Louis-Emmanuel Nadine created the lyrical drama Siége de Thionville in 1793.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Luehe 1841, p. 130.
- ↑ Austria. K.u.k. Kriegsarchiv 1895, p. 39.
- ↑ Luehe 1841, p. 129.
- ↑ Minutoli 1847, p. 122.
- ↑ Baines 1818, pp. 38–39.
- ↑ Leggewie 1990, p. 11.
- ↑ Nadine 1793.
References
- Baines, Edward (1818). History of the wars of the French revolution, from the breaking out of the war, in 1792, to the restoration of a general peace in 1815; comprehending the civil history of Great Britain and France, during that period. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- Leggewie, Robert (1990). Anthologie de la littérature française, Tome II (3rd ed.).
- Nadine, Louis-Emmanuel (1793). Siége de Thionville. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Luehe (1841). Militair-Conversations-Lexikon. Vol. 8. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Minutoli, Johann Heinrich Carl von (1847). Der Feldzug der Verbündeten in Frankreich im Jahre 1792. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- Austria. K.u.k. Kriegsarchiv (1895). Mittheilungen des K.u.K. Kriegs-Archivs. Vol. 9. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
External links
Media related to Siège de Thionville (1792) at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by Battle of Verdun (1792) |
French Revolution: Revolutionary campaigns Siege of Thionville (1792) |
Succeeded by Battle of Valmy |
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