Editing Battle of Tourcoing (section)

==Results==
[[Gaston Bodart]] stated Allied losses at Tourcoing as 4,000 killed or wounded and 1,500 captured. He gave French casualties as 3,000.{{sfn|Bodart|1908|p=289}} According to [[Digby Smith]], the French suffered a loss of 3,000 casualties, including brigadier Pierquin killed, and seven cannons.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=79}} The Allies lost 4,000 killed and wounded, with 1,500 men captured. There was no pursuit of the defeated Allied main body. Of his 74,000 Allied soldiers, Coburg only committed 48,000 to battle.{{sfn|Smith|1998|p=80}} Edward Cust estimated that the Coalition lost 3,000 men and 60 guns.{{sfn|Cust|1859|p=201}} H. Coutanceau believed that York's column lost 53 officers, 1,830 men, and 32 guns, while T. J. Jones only admitted a loss of 65 killed and 875 wounded and missing.{{sfn|Phipps|2011|p=306}}

On 27 May, Coburg wrote to York that Emperor Francis was perfectly satisfied with his actions at Tourcoing, and that York had executed all his orders properly.{{sfn|Phipps|2011|p=305}} Francis and the Austrian generals were discouraged at the result. The morale of the British soldiers remained intact, but the men were bitter at their Austrian allies for apparently abandoning them.{{sfn|Fortescue|2016|p=130}} On 23 May, Mack resigned his position of chief-of-staff and left the army. In his opinion, the reconquest of the Austrian Netherlands was a lost cause. The following day, a gloomy council of war was held by Francis, with only York asking for a renewal of the attack on the French. Nevertheless, Kaunitz again beat the French right wing on the Sambre at the [[Battle of Erquelinnes]].{{sfn|Fortescue|2016|p=132}} Pichegru rejoined his army on 19 May and began planning for an attack on the Coalition army that would result in the [[Battle of Tournay (1794)|Battle of Tournai]].{{sfn|Phipps|2011|p=309}}