Siege of Nijmegen (1794)

Siege of Nijmegen
Part of the War of the First Coalition Flanders campaign
The Valkhof Castle in 1794 shortly before the siege.
Date 27 October – 8 November 1794 Location Nijmegen, Guelders, Dutch Republic Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic Armée du Nord Batavian Legion	Dutch Republic Dutch States Army Great Britain Hanover Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Jean Moreau Herman Daendels Jan Willem de Winter	William V of Orange Frederick of Orange Duke of York Count of Wallmoden
Strength
20,000 soldiers (19 October)[1]	8,000 soldiers (24 October)[1] 50 to 60 cannon (21 October)[1]

The siege of Nijmegen occurred from 27 October to 8 November 1794 during the Flanders campaign of the War of the First Coalition. It was the last major military confrontation between the forces of the Revolutionary French First Republic and the reactionary First Coalition of European monarchs including William V, Prince of Orange, before the fall of the Dutch Republic in January 1795, which William had ruled as hereditary stadtholder since 1751. As commander-in-chief of the Dutch States Army, his indecision, several changes of mind and lack of coordination with his Anglo-Hanoverian, Hessian, Prussian and Austrian allies contributed to the eventual surrender of Nijmegen to the French revolutionaries.