Battle of Le Cateau (1794)
The Battle of Le Cateau (29 March 1794) took place at the start of the 1794 Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. It saw three Republican French divisions led by Antoine Balland, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet and Jacques Fromentin attack a Habsburg Austrian force commanded by Paul Kray. The Austrians drove off the French and inflicted four French casualties for every Austrian casualty.
| Battle of Le Cateau (1794) | |||||||
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| Part of the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Habsburg Austria | Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Paul Kray |
Antoine Balland Jacques Goguet Jacques Fromentin | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 7,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 293 | 1,200, 4 guns | ||||||
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