Editing Thuin (section)

===After the French Revolution===

On May 10, 1794, during the [[French Revolutionary Wars]], [[François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers|General Marceau]] expelled the Austrians and Thuin became part of [[France]]. The Aulne Abbey was burned to the ground.  In 1829, on the eve of the [[Belgian Revolution]], [[William II of the Netherlands]] was welcomed in Thuin, to no avail.  The last major heavy fighting around Thuin occurred on August 23, 1914, at the onset of [[World War I]], when the [[France|French]] army found itself nearly surrounded by the [[Germany|German]] army.