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Siege of Antwerp (1832)
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The siege of the citadel of Antwerp took place after fighting in the Belgian Revolution
ended. It occurred from 15 November to 23 December 1832 and faced off Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by David Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord (under Maréchal Gérard
). The French had an agreement with the Belgian rebels that they would not participate in the battle.
in 1831, the Dutch withdrew from Belgium but left a garrison in the citadel at Antwerp, from which they bombarded the town. The Armée du Nord and its siege specialist François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo
took 24 days to take this citadel and get it handed over to Belgium. Leopold I of Belgium
gave France several cannon of different calibres under the guise of thanks for this action and the Senate of France offered Gérard an "épée d'honneur". A French monument to the French dead in the siege was sculpted in 1897 but the town of Antwerp refused to take it and it is now in Tournai
.
Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
ended. It occurred from 15 November to 23 December 1832 and faced off Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by David Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord (under Maréchal Gérard
Étienne Maurice Gérard
Étienne Maurice Gérard, comte Gérard was a French general and statesman. He served under a succession of French governments including the ancien regime monarchy, the Revolutionary governments, the Restorations, the July Monarchy, the First and Second Republics, and the First Empire , becoming...
). The French had an agreement with the Belgian rebels that they would not participate in the battle.
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Following the French army's first interventionTen days campaign
The Ten Days' Campaign was a failed attempt to suppress the Belgian revolution by the Dutch king William I.- Prelude :...
in 1831, the Dutch withdrew from Belgium but left a garrison in the citadel at Antwerp, from which they bombarded the town. The Armée du Nord and its siege specialist François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo was a French Army general and military engineer.-Biography:He was born at Lunéville and entered the Engineers in 1793....
took 24 days to take this citadel and get it handed over to Belgium. Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
gave France several cannon of different calibres under the guise of thanks for this action and the Senate of France offered Gérard an "épée d'honneur". A French monument to the French dead in the siege was sculpted in 1897 but the town of Antwerp refused to take it and it is now in Tournai
Tournai
Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut....
.