Battle of Boxtel

Battle of Boxtel
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition

The Combat of Boxtel 1794
Date14–15 September 1794
Location
Boxtel, Netherlands
51°35′N 5°20′E / 51.583°N 5.333°E / 51.583; 5.333
Result French victory
Belligerents
France  Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Darmstadt
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Charles Pichegru
Antoine Guillaume Delmas		 Duke of York
Ralph Abercromby
Georg von Düring
Location within Europe

The Battle of Boxtel was fought in the Duchy of Brabant on 14–15 September 1794, during the War of the First Coalition. It was part of the Flanders Campaign of 1793–94 in which British, Dutch and Austrian troops had attempted to launch an invasion of France through Flanders. It is often remembered as being the debut action of Arthur Wellesley, who later became the 1st Duke of Wellington.

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