On 28 April, there was a minor skirmish at Quiévrain, just across the Franco-Belgian border, resulting in a victory for the French army under the command of general Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron. However, although Biron advanced and planned to take the city of Mons and eventually Brussels, he judged his forces were not strong enough and decided to retreat. On 30 April, as his troops were passing by Quiévrain again, a false alarm of an Austrian attack caused the soldiers to panic, and they fled back to Valenciennes in a disorderly fashion. His ally Théobald Dillon, who served with Biron under marshal Rochambeau during this invasion, suffered an even worse fate during the battle of Marquain (29 April), some 35 kilometres to the northeast.[2]
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^Connelly, Owen (2012). The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815. London: Routledge. p. 23. ISBN9781134552894. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^Gallaher, John G. (1997). General Alexandre Dumas: Soldier of the French Revolution. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 18. ISBN9780809320981. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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battle, quiévrain, 1792, battle, quiévrain, pair, skirmishes, between, archduchy, austria, kingdom, france, late, april, 1792, during, first, coalition, part, first, coalition1834, painting, general, biron, date28, april, 1792locationquiévrain, belgiumresult1s. The Battle of Quievrain was a pair of skirmishes between the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of France in late April 1792 during the War of the First Coalition Battle of Quievrain 1792 Part of the War of the First Coalition1834 painting of general Biron Date28 and 30 April 1792LocationQuievrain BelgiumResult1st Battle French Victory 2nd Battle Austrian VictoryBelligerentsKingdom of FranceAustriaCommanders and leadersArmand Louis de Gontaut Biron Auguste Marie Henri Picot de DampierreJohann Peter BeaulieuStrength15 000 1 On 28 April there was a minor skirmish at Quievrain just across the Franco Belgian border resulting in a victory for the French army under the command of general Armand Louis de Gontaut Biron However although Biron advanced and planned to take the city of Mons and eventually Brussels he judged his forces were not strong enough and decided to retreat On 30 April as his troops were passing by Quievrain again a false alarm of an Austrian attack caused the soldiers to panic and they fled back to Valenciennes in a disorderly fashion His ally Theobald Dillon who served with Biron under marshal Rochambeau during this invasion suffered an even worse fate during the battle of Marquain 29 April some 35 kilometres to the northeast 2 References edit Connelly Owen 2012 The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon 1792 1815 London Routledge p 23 ISBN 9781134552894 Retrieved 30 July 2018 Gallaher John G 1997 General Alexandre Dumas Soldier of the French Revolution Carbondale Illinois Southern Illinois University Press p 18 ISBN 9780809320981 Retrieved 29 July 2018 nbsp This article about a battle in French history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a battle in Austrian history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a battle in German history is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Quievrain 1792 amp oldid 1197767890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
