A coalition force of 20,000 Austrians and 16,000 French Royalist troops under Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg failed to take the town, commanded by Georges Félix de Wimpffen, and raised the siege on 16 October.

One of the French royalist troops was François-René de Chateaubriand, who was wounded in the battle.

Louis-Emmanuel Nadine created the lyrical drama Siége de Thionville in 1793.

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