Siege of Maubeuge (1793)

Siege of Maubeuge
Part of the French Revolution
Date 30 September – 16 October 1793 Location Maubeuge, France Result French victory
Belligerents
Republican France	Habsburg Austria Dutch Republic
Commanders and leaders
Jacques Ferrand Jacques Desjardin	Prince of Coburg Prince of Orange
Strength
Garrison: 24,107 Relief Army: 45,000	Siege Army: 26,000 Observation Army: 37,000

The siege of Maubeuge (30 September – 16 October 1793) was a siege of the city of Maubeuge by an Austro-Dutch force of 60,000 men^[1]: 58 under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld during the War of the First Coalition. Maubeuge was defended by a 24,000-strong garrison under the French Republican generals Desjardin and Mayer.^[2]: 66 The Prince was aiming to clear his march on Paris, but he had to raise the siege after the Republican victory at the battle of Wattignies and the prospect of the armée de la Moselle coming to raise the siege.

The French representative on mission, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, was captured by the Austrians during the siege, and only returned to France in December 1795 through a prisoner exchange.^[3]