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1793. January. February. March. Three months in which the French revolutionary wave finally breaks against the rock of the Austrian military at Neerwinden... the French declare war against Britain, the Netherlands and Spain... and a King loses his head to the guillotine.

This is episode five of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the stakes are raised across Europe.

[07:15] - Marisa Linton on the execution of Louis XVI

[23:48] - Philip Ball on the Allied defeat at Neerwinden

[41:18] - David Andress on the French declarations of war against Britain and Spain

Plus Alexander Stevenson is joined by Charles Esdaile and Alexander Mikaberidze throughout for analysis and expert summaries - and from [56:23] an assessment of the state of play on 31 March 1793.