Pichegru made two relief attempts but both were repulsed.[1] On 26 April one of the columns commanded by René-Bernard Chapuy was crushed at the Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambresis by the Duke of York. In this fiasco, the French suffered losses of 7,000 killed, wounded and missing, plus 40 guns and 50 ammunition wagons taken.[3] When Chapuy was made prisoner his captors found Pichegru's plan of campaign on his person.