#Hondschoote

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Main Square and Victory statue in Hondschoote, French Flanders region of northern France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1907

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Battle of Hondschoote

The Battle of Hondschoote, fought on 6-8 September 1793, was a major turning point in the Flanders Campaign of 1792-1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802). An army of the First French Republic defeated an Anglo-Hanoverian force commanded by the Duke of York, thereby relieving the Siege of Dunkirk, and potentially saving the French Revolution (1789-1799) from early destruction.

Battle of Hondschoote

Boussod & Valadon (Public Domain)

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Events 9.8 (before 1860)

70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem. 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. 1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric. 1198 – Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) 1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II. 1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. 1276 – Pope John XXI is elected Pope. 1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia. 1334 – The Battle of Adramyttion begins in which a Christian naval league defeats a Turkish fleet in several encounters. 1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. 1514 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army. 1522 – Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, completing the first circumnavigation. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. 1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. 1760 – French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France. 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory. 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. 1813 – At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. 1819 – 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park. 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection. 1855 – Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.

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Dood op de brandstapel De vuurdood heeft gedurende de eeuw van de hervorming een technisch aggiornamento doorgemaakt. Een handleiding voor verbranding werd, voor zover we weten, nooit geschreven.

[histoireettralala]

"Nation in arms."

"As the Republic faltered in the face of foreign invasion, internal insurrection and economic crisis, the revolutionary leadership grew more radical. In June 1793, the Jacobin faction seized control of the government. Facing an extremely volatile domestic and international situation, the Jacobins called for extraordinary measures to protect the nation and the revolutionary ideals. They believed that only strong and centralized leadership could save the Republic. Such was provided by the twelve-member Committee of Public Safety (CPS), which introduced radical reforms to achieve greater social equality and political democracy and began imposing the government's authority throughout the nation through violent repression and terror.

In the interest of the nation's defense, the CPS launched a levée en masse- the masterwork of minister of war Lazare Carnot- that mobilized the resources of the entire nation. "From this moment until that in which the enemy shall have been driven from the soil of the Republic," stated the National Convention's decree of August 23, "all Frenchmen are in permanent requisition for the service of the armies." In a remarkable administrative feat, the revolutionary government had raised an astonishing fourteen new armies and equipped some 800,000 men within a year. The CPS introduced universal conscription of all single men ages eighteen to twenty-five, requisitioned supplies from individual citizens, and ensured that factories and mines produced at full capacity. The success of this mass mobilization was aided by a vast state propaganda that touted the levée en masse as a patriotic duty aimed at defending la patrie against tyranny and foreign threats. Citizens not privileged not bear arms and fight on the front line were encouraged to work harder to make up for it. These messages were spread via posters, broadsides, leaflets, and newspapers, while speakers and decorated veterans toured the country to rouse the masses. In creating the "nation in arms", the Jacobins heralded the emergence of modern warfare.

The citizens soldiers of the Republic proved their worth on the battlefields. In September 1793 General Jean Nicolas Houchard defeated the Anglo-Hanoverian army at Hondschoote in Flanders, while Jean-Baptiste Jourdan routed the Austrians at Wattignies on October 15-16, thus turning the tide of war against the First Coalition. Two months later the French army drove the Anglo-Spanish force out of the strategically important port of Toulon, where an obscure artillery major named Napoléon Bonaparte first distinguished himself. In the west of France, the revolutionary armies brutally suppressed the royalist revolt in the Vendée. After General Jourdan's victory at Fleurus on June 26, 1794, the French pushed back the Coalition forces along the northern frontier and reclaimed Belgium and the Rhineland; in January 1795 the Dutch Texel fleet of fourteen ships-of-the-line was trapped in ice and captured by a French squadron of hussars and an infantry company riding pillion behind them- the only example in history of a cavalry capturing a fleet."

Alexander Mikaberidze- The Napoleonic Wars, A Global History.

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Hondschoote, Georges Barrière, 1917, Brooklyn Museum: European Art

Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (8.9 x 13.0 cm) Medium: Watercolor

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22883

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Alfred MANESSIER

1911, Saint-Ouen (Somme, France) - 1993, Orléans (Loiret, France)

Hondschoote

1951

Museum LaM

[thebritishmonarchycouk]

On This Day In Royal History . 24 February 1774 . Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge was born . . ◼ Prince Adolphus was born in February 1774 at Buckingham House, then known as the “Queen’s House”, & was the tenth child & seventh son of George III & Queen Charlotte. . ◼ He was tutored at home until summer 1786, when he was sent to the University of Göttingen in Germany, along with his brothers Prince Ernest & Prince Augustus. . ◼ George III appointed Prince Adolphus a Knight of the Garter on 6 June 1786, & later created him Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Tipperary, & Baron Culloden on 17 November 1801. . ◼ He was made honorary Colonel-in-Chief of the Hanoverian Guard Foot Regiment 1789–1803, but his military training began in 1791. His first taste of action was at Famars on 23 May. He was wounded & captured at the Battle of Hondschoote, during the French Revolutionary Wars on 6 September, but was quickly rescued. He later lead troops during the War of the Second Coalition against France (1799–1802) . ◼ In 1803, he was appointed as commander-in-chief of the newly founded King’s German Legion. After the collapse of Napoleon’s empire, he was Military Governor of Hanover from 4 November 1813 – 24 October 1816, then Governor General of Hanover from 24 October 1816 – 20 June 1837 (viceroy from 22 February 1831). He was made Field Marshal 26 November 1813. . ◼ The Duke of Cambridge married Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel first at Kassel, Hesse on 7 May & then at Buckingham Palace on 1 June 1818. . ◼ They had three children; Prince George, Princess Augusta & Princess Adelaide of Cambridge (mother of Queen Mary). . ◼ He died on 8 July 1850 at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, London, & was buried at St Anne’s Church, Kew. His remains were later removed to St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. . ◼ He was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, Queen consort of King George V, & great-great-grandfather of the current monarch, Elizabeth II. . . . (at Buckingham Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B898N4rHUer/?igshid=xmusf8308hqz

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#noël #noel #noel2017 #cristmastree #cristmas #rezartjasa #hondschoote (à Hondschoote)

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It's like cotton candy. #france#hondschoote#throwback#boats#cottoncandy#skies#cottoncandysky (bij Hondschoote)

[postcard-from-the-past]

Quay of Hondschoote, French Flanders region of northern France

French vintage postcard

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 9.8 (before 1900)

617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. 1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric. 1198 – Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) 1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II. 1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. 1276 – Pope John XXI is elected Pope. 1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia. 1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. 1514 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army. 1522 – Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. 1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. 1760 – French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France. 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory. 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. 1813 – At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection. 1855 – Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol. 1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. 1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod. 1863 – American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. 1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. 1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested. 1888 – The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan. 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. 1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played. 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. 1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob.

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Je moe’ joen niet nerveus maken Medard Corniche, den schaliedekker van Veurne, zat leelijk in nesten, omdat zyn helper, Disten Veust, in 't hospitaal lag met è gebrooken arme....

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Composition of the French Army at the Battle of Austerlitz

The French forces numbered 73000 men.

The Emperor, Napoléon I, Commander-in-chief

Berthier, Major General

I Corps, Marshal Bernadotte

 1st Division, Rivaud (Brigades: Dumoulin, Pacthod). Rivaud, born the 10 February 1766 from a family of magistrats in Poitou, fought in Jemappes, Neerwinden, Hondschoote, distinguished himself in Montebello and Marengo.

2d Division, Drouet d’Erlon (Brigades: Frère, Werlé). Born in Reims the 29 of July 1765, in a family of craftsmen, was a volunteer in 1792; he was aide-de-camp to Général Lefebvre.  

Division of Light Cavalry, Kellermann (Brigades: Marizy, Picard). Son of Marshal Kellermann, born in Metz on August 4, 1770, and fought in Arcole, Rivoli and Marengo.

 III Corps, Marshal Davout

  1st Division, Caffarelli, temporarily assigned to V Corps (Brigades:Eppler, Demont, De Billy) . Born on October 1766, in a noble family of Languedoc, he has four brothers who will have brilliant careers. He was part of the Army of the Pyrénées, the Sambre-et-Meuse Army, and fought in Marengo.

2d Division, Friant (Brigades: Heudelet, Kister, Lochet). Son of a craftsman and trader, born on September 18, 1758, in Picardy, Friant fought in Fleurus, Maastricht,  the Pyramids, before standing out in Austerlitz where he had three horses killed under him; he had arrived on forced march and kept up with the austrian army pushing on him. His contribution to the victory of Austerlitz was major.

Division of Dragoons, Bourcier. Born in Alsace on February 21, 1760, fought in the siege of Mayence, the siege of Kehl, and in Elchingen.

Brigade of Light Cavalry, Margaron. Born on May 1st, 1765 in Lyon, fought in Novi and Marengo.

IV Corps, Marshal Soult

1st Division, Saint-Hilaire (Brigades: Morand, Thiébault, Varé). Born September 4, 1766, in the Aisne, son of a cavalry captain, he fought in the Antilles, was in the siege of Toulon, in Castiglione, Lodi. He stood out in Austerlitz when taking the Pratzen Heights with Vandamme. He was wounded during the battle.

2d Division, Vandamme (Brigades: Schiner, Savetier de Candras, Ferey). Born in the North the 5 November 1770, son of a surgeon, fought in the Antilles, in Hondschoote, Ypres, and was remarked in Austerlitz.

3rd Division, Legrand (Brigades: Merle, Levasseur). Born on February 23 in the Oise, he fought in Vendée, in Fleurus, Hohenlinden, Hollabrunn. In Austerlitz he held up in Telnitz and Sokolnitz for ten hours against the left wing of the Russian army, made 3000 prisoners and took twelve cannons.

V Corps, Marshal Lannes

3rd Division, Suchet (Brigades: Claparède, Beker, Valhubert). Son of a silk trader, Suchet was born in Lyon on March 2, 1770. He had a good instruction. He was in the siege of Toulon and took British general Charles O’Hara prisoner. He fought in Lodi, Castiglione, Arcole, Rivoli, and married a daughter of a Clary lady, and was close to Napoleon by alliance. At Austerlitz, his division, at the far left of the French army, faces Bagration. On the evening of the battle, Napoleon invites him to his table.

Division of the Reserve Grenadiers, Oudinot and Duroc (Brigades: Laplanche-Morthières, Dupas, Ruffin). Oudinot, born in Bar-le-Duc on April 25, 1767, from the lower bourgeoisie, fought in Zurich and in Italy, before organizing in Lannes’ Corps the famous column of the Oudinot Grenadiers. He took Vienna and was wounded in Hollabrunn, which didn’t stop him from taking his part in Austerlitz. Duroc, born in Pont-à-Mousson on October 25, 1770, from a noble family originating from Gévaudan, was Napoleon’s aide-de-camp in Marengo, and often sent to diplomatic missions.

Imperial Guard, Marshal Bessières

Commanding the Infantry, Soulès. Born on August 24, 1760, in Lectoure, he began as a simple soldier, fought in Dego, Castiglione, Arcole, and stood out in Marengo. He became a Brigade General in 1804.

Commanding the Cavalry, Ordener, born in Lorraine on September 2, 1755, a native speaker of Platt, was the one ordered to arrest the Duke of Enghien, but he didn’t take part in the trial and execution of the young prince. He was very good in Austerlitz.

Cavalry Reserve, Marshal Murat

1st Division of Cavalry, Nansouty (Brigades: Piston, La Houssaye, Saint-Germain). Nansouty, born in Bordeaux on May 30, 1768, from Burgundian nobility, fought on the Rhine, in Hohenlinden, and was a Division General in 1803.

2d Division of Cavalry, d’Hautpoul (Brigades: Saint-Sulpice, Fontaine). Of old Languedocian nobility, tall, with a powerful voice, d’Hautpoul fought in Fleurus, Biberach, Hohenlinden. At Austerlitz, his cavalry charge crushed the russian center on the Pratzen Heights.

2d Dragoon Division, Walther (Brigades: Sébastiani, Roget, Boussart, and Brigade of Light Cavalry Milhaud). Son of a lutheran pastor, born in Alsace on August 20, 1761, enlisted in 1781 and was rapidly General. He was famed as a cavalryman. He fought in Jemappes, Neerwinden, Zurich, Hohenlinden, and was wounded in the battle of Austerlitz.

3rd Dragoon Division, Boyé (replacing Beaumont, who was ill) (Brigades: Boyé, Scalfort, and Light Cavalry Brigade, Treillard). Born in the Electorate of Trèves (in Germany) on February 11, 1762, he fought in Neerwinden, Hondschoote, Fleurus, Zurich, and Biberach.

[Sorry, I couldn’t find a portrait of General Boyé.]

General Direction of the Artillery, Faultrier.

Sources:

Alain Pigeard, Histoire de la Grande Armée

Various Wikipedia articles

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Hondschoote, Georges Barrière, 1917, Brooklyn Museum: European Art

Size: 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (8.9 x 13.0 cm) Medium: Watercolor

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/22883

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heritage advocates, now is the time to apply!

heritage advocates, now is the time to apply!

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He didn't believe Herve Saison. He even thought it was a joke. Except that in May 2018, the mayor of Hondschoote was invited to the Élysee Palace. With Emmanuel Macron and Stephane Bern as hosts.

And it is there that Herve Saison discovers that the Bern Mission for the safeguard of the heritage in danger looked like a fairy on the splendid (but in pitiful condition!)