Siege of Thionville (1792)

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Siege of Thionville (1792)
Part of the War of the First Coalition
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Print of the 1792 siege of Thionville
Date24 August – 16 October 1792 [1]
Location
Thionville, France
49°21′32″N6°10′09″E / 49.3589°N 6.1692°E / 49.3589; 6.1692
Result French victory
Belligerents
Flag of France (1790-1794).svg  Kingdom of the French (until 21 September)
Flag of France official.svg  French First Republic
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg Habsburg Realm
Flag of Royalist France.svg Armée des Émigrés
Commanders and leaders
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Georges Félix de Wimpffen Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg 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
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Location within Europe

The siege of Thionville was a battle during the War of the First Coalition. [5]

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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]

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References

Preceded by
Battle of Verdun (1792)
French Revolution: Revolutionary campaigns
Siege of Thionville (1792)
Succeeded by
Battle of Valmy