Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795
Britain’s war against Revolutionary France is today a largely forgotten prelude to the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign in Flanders was Britain’s attempt to stem the power of the new republic as it threatened to engulf its neighbors, but it was to end in disaster. This is the first account of this intensive campaign written in modern times; chronicling the many battles as the varying fortunes of the combatants saw their armies march to and fro across the fields of Flanders. A weak and ill-equipped army led by the Duke of York struggled daily with the terrain and climate of the Low Countries as well as the competing aims of its allies and the unrealistic expectations of its government. This book details the numerous major battles of the campaign and the unraveling of the First Coalition using British, French and German sources.
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Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795
Britain’s war against Revolutionary France is today a largely forgotten prelude to the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign in Flanders was Britain’s attempt to stem the power of the new republic as it threatened to engulf its neighbors, but it was to end in disaster. This is the first account of this intensive campaign written in modern times; chronicling the many battles as the varying fortunes of the combatants saw their armies march to and fro across the fields of Flanders. A weak and ill-equipped army led by the Duke of York struggled daily with the terrain and climate of the Low Countries as well as the competing aims of its allies and the unrealistic expectations of its government. This book details the numerous major battles of the campaign and the unraveling of the First Coalition using British, French and German sources.
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Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795

Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795

by Philip Ball
Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795

Neither Up Nor Down: The British Army and the Campaign in Flanders 1793-1795

by Philip Ball

Overview

Britain’s war against Revolutionary France is today a largely forgotten prelude to the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign in Flanders was Britain’s attempt to stem the power of the new republic as it threatened to engulf its neighbors, but it was to end in disaster. This is the first account of this intensive campaign written in modern times; chronicling the many battles as the varying fortunes of the combatants saw their armies march to and fro across the fields of Flanders. A weak and ill-equipped army led by the Duke of York struggled daily with the terrain and climate of the Low Countries as well as the competing aims of its allies and the unrealistic expectations of its government. This book details the numerous major battles of the campaign and the unraveling of the First Coalition using British, French and German sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781913118907
Publisher: Helion and Company
Publication date: 09/17/2020
Series: From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 6.75(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Philip Ball has a long standing interest in military history and worked for a number of years in museums, archaeology and the heritage industry. Holding degrees from St David's, Leicester and Birmingham Universities he wrote his Masters Dissertation on the failure of the Helder campaign and is currently researching British maritime operations in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Table of Contents

List of Plates vii

List of Maps ix

Acknowledgements x

Disclaimer xi

Author's Preface xii

Introduction xiv

1 The Reluctant Ally 17

2 Ten Thousand Men? 23

3 First Blood: St Amand/Raismes 29

4 Famars, 23 May 1793 38

5 The Siege of Valenciennes 46

6 Caesar's Camp 55

7 'Lincelles' 60

8 Dunkirk 68

9 Houchard 76

10 Hondschoote 84

11 When They Were Down 93

12 'Their Usual Courage' - The Dutch at Menin 100

13 Plugging the Gap - Courtrai 104

14 The Final Nail in the Coffin - Avesnes-le-Sec 108

15 Crossing the Sambre 116

16 Maubeuge 127

17 A New Broom: Jourdan 137

18 Wattignies: The First Day 146

19 16 October 155

20 A Suspension of Success? 165

21 Lannoy 177

22 1794 186

23 The Return of Mack 195

24 'Full long in the scabbard hath rusted the blade' 204

25 Beaumont 215

26 Return to West Flanders 226

27 May 1794 237

28 When They Were Up: Willems 245

29 The Heads of the Hydra 252

30 The Plan of Destruction 259

31 The Other Columns 267

32 29 Floreal: Tourcoing Day Two 277

33 'Extraordinary & Inexplicable': the Final Act at Tourcoing 290

34 'The Present Lamentable and Disastrous War' 297

35 War to the Death 305

36 Ypres 312

37 Fleurus 320

38 Disintegration 329

39 How Not To Do It: Boxtel 340

40 Holland 350

41 Marched Them Down Again 364

42 Batavia 376

Epilogue 387

Appendices

I Allied Order of Battle Famars 23 May 1793 389

II Coburg's Disposition for the Attack on the Enemy Army at Caesar's Camp 391

III French Forces around Lille, 4 August 1793 393

IV Disposition of Allied Army in Flanders 21 September 1793 396

V Battle of Hondschoote 399

VI Allied Order of Battle - Tourcoing 402

VII British Casualty Returns - Tourcoing; 17-18 May 1794 406

VIII French Armée du Nord 14 May 1794 407

IX Armée du Nord I September 1794 413

X British Forces at Boxtel, 15 September 1794 418

Bibliography 419

Index 424

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