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Siege of Maastricht (1794)

1794 in the Dutch RepublicConflicts in 1794Events in MaastrichtFrench conquest of the Dutch RepublicHistory of Limburg (Netherlands)
History of MaastrichtSieges involving the Dutch RepublicSieges of the War of the First Coalition
Plan de la Ville de Maestricht et de ses attaques prise par l'Armée de Sambre et Meuse après onze jours de tranchées btv1b53032908t (1 of 2)
Plan de la Ville de Maestricht et de ses attaques prise par l'Armée de Sambre et Meuse après onze jours de tranchées btv1b53032908t (1 of 2)

The siege of Maastricht (22 September – 4 November 1794) was a successful siege of the city of Maastricht by the forces of the French First Republic led by General of Division (GD) Jean-Baptiste Kléber. The War of the First Coalition action resulted in the surrender of the Coalition garrison commanded by Lieutenant General Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel. The defenders were mostly Habsburg Austrians with a smaller contingent of Dutch Republic soldiers. The Coalition armies in the Austrian Netherlands faced two French armies, one near the North Sea coast and one farther inland. The Coalition armies retreated after the French victory at Fleurus. As the French armies pressed forward, the British and Dutch armies withdrew north while the Austrian army fell back to the east. After another victory over the Austrians, the French army led by GD Jean-Baptiste Jourdan isolated Maastricht and its Coalition garrison. Once Jourdan compelled the Austrian army to retire to the east bank of the Rhine River, he detached Kléber's full siege army to force the fortress' surrender.

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Plan de la Ville de Maestricht et de ses attaques prise par l'Armée de Sambre et Meuse après onze jours de tranchées btv1b53032908t (1 of 2)
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