War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.

Battle of Wattignies

1793 battle during the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Wattignies saw a French army commanded by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan attack a Coalition army directed by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After two days of combat Jourdan's troops compelled the Habsburg covering force led by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de…