Siege of Luxembourg (1794-1795).html

Siege of Luxembourg

Date	22 November 1794 – 7 June 1795
Location	Luxembourg City, Southern Netherlands (present-day Luxembourg)
Result	French victory

Belligerents

French First Republic

Habsburg Austria

War of the First Coalition

Verdun – Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Famars – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Kaiserslautern - Toulon - Wissembourg - Villers-en-Cauchies – Tourcoing – Tournay – Ushant – Fleurus – Vosges – 1st Dego – Luxembourg – Genoa – Groix – Quiberon - Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Neresheim – Amberg – Würzburg – Rovereto - Bassano – Arcole – Rivoli – Neuwied - Camperdown

War in the Vendée – War of the Pyrenees – Anglo–Spanish War

The siege of Luxembourg was a siege by France of the Habsburg-held fortress of Luxembourg City that lasted from 1794 until 7 June 1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars. Although the French army failed to breach the walls of the city, which were renowned as amongst the best in the world, the fortress was forced to surrender after more than seven months.¹

Luxembourg's long defence led Lazare Carnot to call Luxembourg "the best [fortress] in the world, except Gibraltar",¹ giving rise to the city's nickname 'the Gibraltar of the North'.

The result of the capture of Luxembourg was the annexation of the Southern Netherlands into France on 1 October 1795.¹ Most of Luxembourg (including all of the modern Grand Duchy), became a part of the département of Forêts, which was created on 24 October 1795.²

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Kreins (2003), p.64
^ Kreins (2003), p.64–5

References

(French) Kreins, Jean-Marie (2003). Histoire du Luxembourg (3rd edition ed.). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 978-21-3053-852-3.

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