Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies, fought on 24 April 1794, a small Anglo-Austrian cavalry force routed a vastly more numerous French division during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. Villers-en-Cauchies is 15 km south of Valenciennes.
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Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies | |||||||
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Part of the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
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French First Republic |
Habsburg Austria Great Britain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
René-Bernard Chapuy |
Rudolf von Otto Merveldt | ||||||
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7,000 | 300 | ||||||
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1,200 killed, wounded or captured, 5 cannons | 95 killed, wounded or missing | ||||||
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