Battle of Hondschoote

Battle of Hondschoote
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Hondschoote
Date 6–8 September 1793 Location Hondschoote, French Republic 50°58′49″N 2°35′10″E / 50.9803°N 2.5861°E / 50.9803; 2.5861 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Great Britain Hanover Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Jean Nicolas Houchard Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (WIA)	Duke of York Heinrich Wilhelm von Freytag
Strength
40,000	24,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed, wounded or captured	4,000 killed, wounded or captured
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The Battle of Hondschoote took place during the Flanders Campaign of the Campaign of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars. It was fought during operations surrounding the siege of Dunkirk between 6 and 8 September 1793 at Hondschoote, Nord, France, and resulted in a French victory under General Jean Nicolas Houchard and General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan against the command of Marshal Freytag, part of the Anglo-Hanoverian corps of the Duke of York.