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Verdun - Valmy - Jemappes - Mainz - Lande n - Famars - Hondshoote - Wattignies - Kaiserslautern - Wörth - Tourcoing - Tournay - Ouessant - Fleurus (I) - Fleurus (II) - Vos ges - Groix - Quiberon - Montenotte - Mondovì - Lodi -- Ettlinge n - Lonato - Castiglione - Rovereto - Bassano - Arcole - Rivoli - Cape St. Vincent - Fishguard - Camperdown War in the Vendée Battle Hondshoote took place 6 - September 8, 1793 during the war with France, the first coalition. At a time when the British army (25 000 soldiers) commanded by the Duke of York laid siege to Dunkirk, the army of Great Britain - along with an auxiliary branch of British and British officers - (14 500 troops), commanded by William Freytag block fortress Bergues. The commander of the French Army of the North (42 500 troops), General Jean Nicolas Houchard, who was in Cassel (20 miles north of Bergues) decided to break Hanowerczyków, then go to the rear of the British Army.