La Campagne de 1794–1795 dans les Pays-Bas, Volume I: La Conquête de la Belgique (mai–juillet 1794) is a detailed military history of the French conquest of Belgium during the decisive opening phase of the 1794 campaign in the Low Countries. Written by Captain Louis Jouan and first published in Paris in 1915, this authoritative study draws extensively upon official military archives, contemporary correspondence, campaign reports, and battlefield records to reconstruct one of the Revolutionary Wars' most important offensives.
Covering the period from May through July 1794, Jouan examines the French Republic's successful invasion of the Austrian Netherlands, culminating in the collapse of Coalition resistance and the liberation of Belgium from Austrian rule. The narrative follows the operations of the Armies of the North and Sambre-et-Meuse, highlighting the campaigns that led to the victories at Fleurus, the capture of Brussels, and the rapid advance across the Low Countries. Particular attention is given to strategic planning, battlefield tactics, logistics, command decisions, and the political transformation that accompanied the French military occupation.
