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==History== [[File:Place de la Victoire.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Place de la Victoire,'' Tourcoing.]] The city was the site of a significant victory for France during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]]. Marshal [[Charles Pichegru]] and his [[general]]s [[Joseph Souham]] and [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau|Jean Moreau]] defeated a combined force of [[British Empire|British]] and [[Austro-Hungarian Empire|Austrian]] troops in the [[Battle of Tourcoing]] on [[French Republican calendar|29 Floréal II]] (18 May 1794).<ref>{{Cite book |title=The French Revolution 1787–1799 |last=Soboul |first=Albert |year=1975 |publisher=Vintage |location=USA |isbn=0-394-71220-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/frenchrevolution00sobo/page/404 404] |url=https://archive.org/details/frenchrevolution00sobo/page/404 |url-access=registration }}</ref>
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