| Battle of Tournay | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 French Republic |
 Habsburg Austria Great Britain Hanover |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Charles Pichegru | Prince Josias of Coburg | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| ca 45,000 | ca 28,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5,500 killed or wounded, 450 captured, 7 cannons lost |
3,000 killed or wounded | ||||||
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The Battle of Tournay was fought on 22 May 1794 in the Belgian province of Hainaut on the Schelde River (about 80 km southwest of Brussels) between French forces under General Pichegru and Coalition forces (Austrian, British, and Hanoverian troops) under Prince Josias of Coburg, in which the Coalition forces was victorious.
References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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