Battle of Hondschoote | |||||||
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Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
40,000 | 24,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000 killed, wounded or captured | 4,000 killed, wounded or captured | ||||||
Location within Europe |
The Battle of Hondschoote took place during the Flanders Campaign of the Campaign of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars. It was fought during operations surrounding the siege of Dunkirk between 6 and 8 September 1793 at Hondschoote, Nord, France, and resulted in a French victory under General Jean Nicolas Houchard and General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan against the command of Marshal Freytag, part of the Anglo-Hanoverian corps of the Duke of York.