Battle of Famars

Battle of Famars
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition
Battle of Famars
Date 23 May 1793 Location Famars, Nord, France 50°18′58″N 3°31′12″E / 50.3161°N 3.5200°E / 50.3161; 3.5200 Result Coalition victory
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
3,000 killed or wounded, 300 captured, 17 cannons lost, 14 ammunition wagons, 3 standards lost	ca 1,100 killed or wounded
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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.