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Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was an Austrian nobleman and military commander.
- 1759–1795
- Imperial Army
1 de may. de 2022 · Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was a general in the Austrian service. Biography. Born at Schloß Ehrenburg in Coburg, he was the youngest son of Duke Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anna Sophie, Princess of ...
- Coburg, Sachsen
- Coburg, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
- December 26, 1737
- Ric Dickinson, Geni Curator
Federico Josías de Sajonia-Coburgo-Saalfeld (en alemán: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld; Coburgo, 26 de diciembre de 1737- ibidem, 26 de febrero de 1815) fue un príncipe de Sajonia-Coburgo-Saalfeld y un general al servicio de Austria . Biografía.
- Background
- The Armies
- Opening Operations
- Annihilation Plan
- First Day: 17 May
- French Response
- Second Day: 18 May
- Aftermath
The opening of the 1794 campaign season saw the War of the First Coalition enter its third year. What had initially been billed as a short conflict to rid Europe of the pesky French Revolution (1789-1799) had turned into a protracted affair; not only had the resolve of the French military been stiffer than expected but the Allied invasion had also ...
Both the French and Allied armies experienced changes of command in the early months of 1794. On 8 February, General Jean-Charles Pichegru took charge of the French Army of the North and the Army of the Ardennes, which included a combined total of 227,000 men. This was an enormous command for even the most competent of generals, of which Pichegru d...
The campaign season began on 29 March, when Pichegru launched a failed attack on the Allied lines at Le Cateau. Three weeks later, the Allies began their own offensive and advanced to Lendrecies, which was promptly put under siege on 17 April. The siege was conducted by the Hereditary Prince of Orange, while the rest of the Allied army covered the ...
The Allied plan of attack, given the grandiose name of the Vernichtungsplan (annihilation plan), is often attributed to the Austrian chief of staff, Mack von Leiberich. Its stated intention was to "act upon the enemy's communications between Lille, Menin, and Courtrai, and to defeat his armies…and to drive him out of Flanders" (Brown, 160). In esse...
The Allies' carefully laid plans fell apart almost immediately. Count Clerfayt got a late start and did not arrive at his objective, the bridge at Wervicq, until mid-afternoon. Here, he encountered a French battalion that had been on its way to Menin. This was a stroke of bad luck; had Clerfayt arrived half an hour sooner or later, the bridge would...
The French were taken by surprise by the Allied movement. As reports filtered into the French headquarters at Menin throughout the day of 17 May, the sheer scale of the operation became apparent. General Pichegru was away, so command of the French army fell to one of his subordinates, General Souham. Described by historian Ramsay Weston Phipps as a...
The early morning hours of 18 May were filled with confusion at the Allied headquarters. They knew that Bussche had failed to take Mouscron, that Archduke Charles was not in position, had received multiple letters from York asking to withdraw, and had heard nothing at all from Clerfayt. At 1 a.m., Mack reassured York that help was coming and dispat...
The Battle of Tourcoing was a resounding French victory. The Allies lost around 4,000 men killed or wounded, with another 1,500 taken prisoner. The French lost around 3,000 casualties. Although he had played no part in the battle, General Pichegru took full credit for the victory that had actually belonged to Souham and Bonneau. Hoping to capitaliz...
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) , was a famous general of the Habsburg Emperors. Born at Schloß Ehrenburg in Coburg, he was the youngest son of Duke Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Anna Sophie, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
- Frederick, Freiherr von Rohmann
- 26 February 1815 (aged 77), Coburg
- Therese Stroffeck
His youngest son Prince Frederick Josias made himself and the Duchy famous with his sieges and victories as an Imperial general and field marshal in the Austro-Turkish War and the War of the First Coalition against France.
18th-century Austrian nobleman and military general / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ( German: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was an Austrian nobleman and military general.
