Siege of Dunkirk (1793)

Siege of Dunkirk (1793)
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date 24 August to 8 September 1793 Location Dunkirk, Nord, France 51°02′18″N 2°22′39″E / 51.0383°N 2.3775°E / 51.0383; 2.3775 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Great Britain  Habsburg Monarchy Hanover Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Souham	Duke of York
Strength
10,000[1]	35,100
Casualties and losses
1,000, 14 guns, 2 mortars	2,000, 32 heavy guns

The siege of Dunkirk took place in the Autumn of 1793 when British, Hanoverian, Austrian, and Hesse-Kassel troops under the command of Prince Frederick, Duke of York besieged the fortified French border port of Dunkirk, as part as the Flanders campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. Following a Coalition defeat at the Battle of Hondshoote they were forced to raise the siege and withdraw northeast.