Charles Dumouriez prepares an immediate invasion of…

April 1792 CE

Charles Dumouriez prepares an immediate invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, where he expects the local population to rise against Austrian rule, as they had earlier in 1790.

However, the revolution has thoroughly disorganized the army, and the forces raised are insufficient for the invasion.

Following the declaration of war, French soldiers desert en masse and, in one case, murder their general, Théobald Dillon, after losing skirmish with Austrian forces outside the city of Lille.

The troops apparently believed that their defeat by the Austrians was the result of a conspiracy on the part of Dillon, whom they called a "traitor and aristocrat."

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Lille Nord-Pas-de-Calais France View →

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Charles François Dumouriez View → Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor View → Théobald Dillon View →

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Austria, Archduchy of View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View → Netherlands, Southern (Austrian) View → France, Kingdom of (constitutional monarchy) View →

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French Revolution View → First Coalition, War of the View → French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1792 View → French Revolutionary Wars, or “Great French War” View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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Group: New Netherland (Dutch Colony, restored)
People: Pope Celestine I
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