1798 ⟶ Belgian Peasant Uprising Against French Military Conscription

October 12: Belgian peasants rebel against obligatory servic...
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1794
1798

⚔️ French Army Occupies Cologne

October 6: A French army captures Cologne.⟶
French Army Occupies Cologne (1794)
French RevolutionMilitary CampaignsRhinelandWar of the First CoalitionTerritorial ExpansionOccupationMilitary StrategyFrench ArmyCologne

⚔️ Belgian Peasant Uprising Against French Military Conscription

October 12: Belgian peasants rebel against obligatory service in French army.⟶
BelgiumFrench RevolutionConscriptionRebellionMilitaryPeasantryResistance1798French ArmyNapoleonic Era

⚔️ French Troops Suppress Belgian Rebellion at Hasselt

December 4: French troops defeat Belgian rebels at Hasselt and massacre insurgents. End of peasant uprising in Belgium.⟶
French Troops Suppress Belgian Rebellion at Hasselt (1798)
French RevolutionBelgiumRebellionMilitarySuppressionInsurgencyHasseltMassacreWarfare18th Century