French army retired to the Camp of Famars. On 23 May 1793, the Coalition army defeated the French in the Battle of Famars. The Coalition lost 1,100 casualties out of 53,000 while the 27,000-strong French army, now under Lamarche, lost 3,000 killed and wounded, plus 300 men, 17 guns, 14 ammunition wagons and three colors captured. One consequence of the battle was that the Coalition began the siege of Valenciennes. The isolated garrison at Condé communicated with the French armies via messages sent by balloons. This proved to be a double-edged sword when one balloon fell into the hands of the Coalition along with its message that the defenders were running low on food. Chancel surrendered Condé, its surviving defenders and 103 artillery pieces on 12 July 1793. Coalition losses during the siege are unknown. Aftermath Jean Henri Becays Ferrand surrendered Valenciennes to the Coalition on 27 July 1793. At this point the Coalition allies made a deadly blunder. Having seized Condé and Valencienes, they had 118,000 troops concentrated at the gap in the fortress line. Instead, they split their forces. Their next targets were Dunkirk, invested on 24 August, and Le Quesnoy, invested on 28 August. The siege of Le Quesnoy concluded successfully on 13 September but the siege of Dunkirk was a failure. The loss of Condé spelt the doom of then-current French commander Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine. Though popular in the army, Custine was called to Paris, arrested on 22 July and executed on 27 August 1793. Chancel was promoted to general of division on 11 September 1793 but he ultimately suffered the same fate as Custine.<ref name=Broughton>{{cite web |author=Broughton, Tony |publisher=The Napoleon Series |accessdate=13 May 2014 |year=2006 |url=http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals8.html |title=Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789–1815: Cervoni to Custine de Serreck }}</ref> Chancel was second-in-command of the garrison during the siege of Maubeuge. During the Battle of Wattignies, the 20,000-man garrison made an ineffective sortie on 15 October 1793 and was practically inert on the 16th as the battle still raged. After the French victory, Maubeuge was relieved but its defenders failed to pursue the retreating Coalition forces. The blame for the garrison's poor performance was laid on Chancel and he was condemned "with doubtful justice". Chancel died by the guillotine on 6 March 1794. Condé was held by the Coalition until 29 August 1794 when Franz von Reyniac surrendered the fortress