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    repulsed, except near the village of Wattignies. On the second day, Jourdan concentrated half his army at Wattignies and after a tough fight, forced Coburg...
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    Wattignies (French pronunciation: [watiɲi]; Dutch: Wattenijs) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It lies in the south-western part...
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    Wattignies-la-Victoire (French pronunciation: [watiɲi la viktwaʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department of northern France. It is close to the site of the...
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    The French cruiser Wattignies was the lead ship of a class of two torpedo cruisers, the Wattignies class, that were built for the French Navy (Marine...
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    The Wattignies class was a group of two torpedo cruisers built for the French Navy in the early 1890s. The class comprised Wattignies and Fleurus. They...
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    victories were overshadowed some time later by his defeat at the Battle of Wattignies. In 1794, Coburg was defeated by General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan at the...
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    Wattignies was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She took part in the Expédition d'Irlande in 1798 under captain Antoine René Thévenard. In...
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    February 1734 – 30 September 1799) led a French division at the Battle of Wattignies. A nobleman, he joined the French Royal Army as a cadet in 1755 and fought...
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    October, however, his victorious career suffered a reverse at the Battle of Wattignies. He participated in the Flanders Campaign against Charles Pichegru in...
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    operation. Jourdan defeated Coburg on 15–16 October at the Battle of Wattignies and broke the siege. Carnot claimed that it was his own intervention that...
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    Marseille and Bordeaux, while defeating Coalition armies at Hondschoote and Wattignies. The new class of military leaders included a young colonel named Napoleon...
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    Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it was relieved by the victory of Wattignies, which is commemorated by a monument in the town. It was unsuccessfully...
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    Coalition, he saw victory at Neerwinden in 1793, before being defeated at Wattignies in 1793 and Fleurus in 1794. In 1796, as chief of all Austrian forces...
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    Neerwinden in March, the Austrians suffered twin defeats at the battles of Wattignies and Wissembourg. British land forces were defeated at the Battle of Hondschoote...
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  • stopped at Wattignies, with a loss of 12 guns. During the night, Jourdan took 6,000 troops from Balland to help Duquesnoy's men capture Wattignies and Coburg...
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  • at Valmy, Jemappes, Aldenhoven, Neerwinden, Raismes, Caesar's Camp and Wattignies, and he was wounded twice. In January 1794 he was promoted to general...
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  • races could be won or lost include Doullens Hill, Arras, Carvin and the Wattignies bend. Some sections of cobbles have deteriorated beyond the point of safety...
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    Hastenbeck 1757 French Army of the North: Valmy 1792, Neerwinden 1793 and Wattignies 1793 Ardennes and Sambre-et-Meuse Armies 1794–95 Army of Italy: Mondovì...
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    class Condor (1885) Epervier (1886) Faucon (1887) Vautour (1889) Wattignies class Wattignies (1891) Fleurus (1893) D'Iberville class D'Iberville (1892) Cassini...
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    July 2015. Deroy, Pascal, ed. (1994). "Le Maître-nageur" (in French). Wattignies, F: CinEmotions.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved...
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    Vendeville Verlinghem Villeneuve-d'Ascq Wambrechies Warneton Wasquehal Wattignies Wattrelos Wavrin Wervicq-Sud Wicres Willems "Décret n° 2014-1600 du 23...
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  • status société par actions simplifiée  Focus Meteorology Headquarters Wattignies  Country France  Official Languages French language  Website keraunos...
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  • Wattignies Tournament details Host country France City Wattignies Dates 6–8 July Teams 4 Final positions Champions  Belarus Runner-up  Russia Third place...
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    fought at Valmy, earning promotion to major. After leading a battalion at Wattignies and successfully holding Philippeville in 1793, he became a general of...
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    and contributed to Jean-Baptiste Jourdan's victory in the Battle of Wattignies. Carnot met Robespierre for the first time in Arras where he was assigned...
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  • during the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division at the Battle of Wattignies. Duquesnoy was born to a farmer in Bouvigny-Boyeffles, France on 27 February...
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    Wargnies-le-Petit Warhem Warlaing Warneton Wasnes-au-Bac Wasquehal Watten Wattignies Wattignies-la-Victoire Wattrelos Wavrechain-sous-Denain Wavrechain-sous-Faulx...
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    Wargnies-le-Petit Warhem Warlaing Warneton Wasnes-au-Bac Wasquehal Watten Wattignies Wattignies-la-Victoire Wattrelos Wavrechain-sous-Denain Wavrechain-sous-Faulx...
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    of Clerfayt: 68  and moved to the Wattignies plateau to the south of Mauberge. After two days' fighting at Wattignies, the Prince ordered a general retreat...
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    the Austrian host next laid siege to Maubeuge, leading to the Battle of Wattignies in mid-October. The Coalition besieging force under the Count of Clerfayt...
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