Battle of Famars
Part of the French Revolutionary War
Date 23 May 1793 Location Northern France Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg Austria Hanover Great Britain
Commanders
General Lamarche	The Duke of York
Strength
27,000	53,000
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed or wounded, 300 captured, 17 cannons lost, 14 ammunition wagons, 3 standards lost	ca 1,100 killed or wounded

v • d • e War of the First Coalition Verdun – Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Famars – 1st Arlon - Hondshoote – Wattignies – Kaiserslautern - Toulon - Wissembourg - 2nd Arlon - Villers-en-Cauchies – Tourcoing – Tournay – 3rd Arlon - Ushant – Fleurus – Vosges – 1st Dego – Luxembourg – Genoa – Groix – Quiberon - Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Loano - Montenotte – Millesimo – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Fombio – Lodi – Borghetto – Lonato – Castiglione – Neresheim – Amberg – Würzburg – Rovereto – 1st Bassano – 2nd Bassano – Calliano – Caldiero – Arcole – Expédition d'Irlande – Kehl – Rivoli – Mantua – Fishguard – Neuwied - Camperdown War in the Vendée – War of the Pyrenees – Flanders Campaign - Anglo–Spanish War

The Battle of Famars was fought on 23 May 1793 during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition, between French forces under General Lamarche and Allied forces (Austrian, Hanoverian, and British) under The Duke of York. The battle was fought near the village of Famars in northern France, and ended in a victory for the Allies.

[edit] References

• Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.

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