Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Hondschook (Wars of the French Revolution).

Fought September, 1793, between the Austrians, under Freytag, and the French, under Houchard. The Austrians occupied a strong position from which they were driven in disorder, and with heavy loss.[loss.] As a consequence of this victory, the siege of Dunkirk was raised.