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Battle of Tournay (1794)
The Battle of Tournay (1794) or Tournai was fought on 22 May 1794 as part of the Flanders Campaign in the Belgian province of Hainaut on the Schelde River (about 80 km southwest of Brussels) between French forces under General Pichegru and Coalition forces (Austrian, British, and Hanoverian troops) under Prince Josias of Coburg, in which the Coalition forces were victorious.
In the course of the battle, the enemy forces changed possession of the village Pont-à-Chin
was at the Battle of Famars, the Siege of Valenciennes, the Battle of Caesar's Camp, the Siege of Dunkirk, the Siege of Landrecies, and the operations near Tournay, including at Lanoy and Roubaix. He took part in the retreat into Holland, and was particularly engaged at the bridge of Waerlem and at Nimeguen in October and November 1794, returning to England towards the end of November.
Robe was promoted to be captain-lieutenant on 9 September 1794, and was appointed quartermaster in the Royal Artillery's