Charles Dumouriez, choosing to ignore orders from…

February 1793 CE

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, ...

Locations
Breda Noord-Brabant Netherlands View →

People
Charles François Dumouriez View → Francisco de Miranda View →

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Austria, Archduchy of View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Netherlands, Southern (Austrian) View → Sardinia, Kingdom of (Savoy) View → Naples and Sicily, Bourbon Kingdom of View → French First Republic View →

Topics
French Revolution View → First Coalition, War of the View → French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War” View → French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1793 View →

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Conflict View → Government View →

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