Siege of Thionville (1792)
1792 siege during the War of the First Coalition
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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]
| 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 | |||||||
Siege
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]
