Siege of Ypres (1794)

Siege of Ypres (1794)
Part of War of the First Coalition
1775 map of Ypres by Joseph de Ferraris
Date 1–17 June 1794 Location Ypres, Belgium Result French victory
Belligerents
Republican France Habsburg Austria	Habsburg Austria Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Jean Pichegru Joseph Souham Jean Moreau	Count of Clerfayt Paul von Salis General von Borcke
Units involved
Army of the North	Clerfayt's Corps
Strength
Total: 50,000 Roulers: 20,000 Hooglede: 24,000	Ypres: 7,000 Roulers: 20,000 Hooglede: 19,000
Casualties and losses
Ypres: light Roulers: 1,000 Hooglede: 1,300, 1 gun	Ypres: 7,000 Roulers: 1,000 Hooglede: 900

The Siege of Ypres (1–17 June 1794) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean-Charles Pichegru invest the fortress of Ypres and its 7,000-man garrison composed of Habsburg Austrians under Paul von Salis and Hessians led by Generals von Borcke and von Lengerke. French troops under Joseph Souham fended off three relief attempts by the corps of François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. Meanwhile, the French besiegers led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau compelled the Coalition defenders to surrender the city. The fighting occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the Wars of the French Revolution. In 1794 Ypres was part of the Austrian Netherlands, but today it is a municipality in Belgium, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) west of Brussels.

References

• Phipps, Ramsay Weston (2011). The Armies of the First French Republic: Volume I The Armée du Nord. Pickle Partners Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908692-24-5. 
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• Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.