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Charles Dumouriez, choosing to ignore orders from …

Years: 1793 - 1793
February

Charles Dumouriez, choosing to ignore orders from the government in Paris to defend Belgium, leads the northern French army in an occupation of the Austrian Netherlands in February 1793, hoping to overthrow the stadtholder and establish a popular republic backed by France.

In the event, he takes Breda in Brabant and prepares to cross into Holland and capture Dordrecht.

However, ...