Battle of Boxtel | |||||||
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Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
The Combat of Boxtel 1794 | |||||||
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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 | ||||||
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.