Battle of Beaumont (1794)

The Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambrésis 26 April 1794 (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Coteau, or in France the Battle of Troisvilles) was an action forming part of a multi-pronged attempt to relieve the besieged fortress of Landrecies, during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary War. The British and Austrians under the Duke of York defeated a French advance northwards from Cambrai commanded by René Chapuis.

For the 1870 battle during the Franco-Prussian War, see Battle of Beaumont.

Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambrésis
Part of the War of the First Coalition
Date26 April 1794
Location
Beaumont-en-Cambrésis, Nord, France
Result Anglo-Austrian victory
Belligerents
Republican France  Habsburg Austria
 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
René-Bernard Chapuy Duke of York
Strength
30,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
7,000 killed, wounded or captured, 41 cannons 1,450 killed, wounded or missing
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