Battle of Famars
| Battle of Famars | |||||||
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| Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
Battle of Famars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| First French Republic |
Austria Hanover Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| François Lamarche |
Prince of Coburg Joseph de Ferraris Duke of York Merveldt | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 27,000 | 53,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,000 killed or wounded, 300 captured, 17 cannons lost, 14 ammunition wagons, 3 standards lost | c. 1,100 killed or wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Famars was fought on 23 May 1793 during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. An Allied Austrian, Hanoverian, and British army under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeated the French Army of the North led by François Joseph Drouot de Lamarche. The battle occurred near the village of Famars in northern France, five km south of Valenciennes.