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Battle of Neerwinden

Battle of Neerwinden was a battle fought on 18 March 1793 at Neerwinden, in what is now Belgium. It was part of the French Revolutionary Wars, which ran from 1792 to 1802. The recorded result: Coalition victory. Recorded strength: 39,000–43,000 against 40,000–47,000.

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the Battle of Neerwinden (1793)label QS:Len,"the Battle of Neerwinden (1793)"label QS:Lde,"Die Schlacht von Neerwinden (1793)"label QS:Lfr,"Bataille de Neerwinden (1793).". Johann Nepomuk Geiger (1805-1880), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought18 March 1793
WhereNeerwinden, Belgium50.767N, 5.050E
OutcomeCoalition victory
BelligerentsHabsburg monarchy; Dutch RepublicagainstRepublican France
Casualties and losses2,859–3,000and4,000–5,000
Part ofFrench Revolutionary Wars1792 to 1802

Where it sits in the French Revolutionary Wars

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Record

Date18 March 1793
PlaceNeerwinden, Belgium
50.767N, 5.050E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Territorial changeFrench evacuation of the Low Countries
Strength39,000–43,00040,000–47,000
Casualties and losses2,859–3,0004,000–5,000
Commanders
  • Charles François Dumouriez
  • Louis Philippe I
Battle of NeerwindenBattle of NeerwindenBattle of LandenBattle of ElixheimBattle of MontenakenBattle of SteppesSiege of ZoutleeuwBattle of MontenakenSiege of ZoutleeuwBrusselsLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfCharleroi100 km50.767N, 5.050E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Mapa com a localização de Neerwinden
Mapa com a localização de Neerwinden. Manuel F. V. G. Mourão, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Neerwinden
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Neerwinden today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-06-24. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 75 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 122 m, 122 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 63% cropland, 15% grassland, 12% tree cover.

cropland: 63%grassland: 15%tree cover: 12%built-up: 10%cropland 63%grassland 15%tree cover 12%built-up 10%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 87 mnorth to south, 10.0 km34 to 109 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1693 and 1793.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1793

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FRENCH ARMY OF THE NORTHDefender: AUSTRIAN ARMY
Strength45,00043,000
Casualties4,000 (8.9%)3,000 (7.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1046
Outcomedefender won
Duration2 days
Front width13 km12 km
Attacker advanced0 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 98), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Neerwinden is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1085392, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Neerwinden (1793), revision 1370270639, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.