Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)
| Battle of Aldenhoven (1793) | |||||||
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| Part of the Flanders Campaign in the War of the First Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Habsburg Austria |
Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Prince of Coburg Archduke Charles |
 René de Lanoue Henri de Stengel | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 39,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 50 | 2,300, 7 guns, 2 colors | ||||||
The Battle of Aldenhoven (1 March 1793) saw the
Roer River and engaged in a cavalry charge led by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen which routed the French and inflicted heavy losses. The War of the First Coalition battle occurred near Aldenhoven, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Cologne
.
After a victory in the
Charles Francois Dumouriez conquered most of the Austrian Netherlands. That winter, Dumouriez attempted to overrun the Dutch Republic while Francisco de Miranda besieged Maastricht, covered by Lanoue's troops along the Roer. Sent by the Austrian government to reconquer Belgium, Coburg's troops attacked early on the morning of 1 March and dispersed the French. The Battle of Neerwinden
on 18 March would decide who controlled the Austrian Netherlands.
Battle
In the decisive charge,
Chasseurs à Cheval. Henri Christian Michel de Stengel was one of Lanoue's subordinates.[1]
Results
The Coalition suffered 50 casualties while the French suffered 2,000. In addition, 300 men, seven field pieces and two colors were captured by the Coalition. One of the colors was taken from the 29th Line. This defeat caused the siege of
Namur with a squadron of the 12th Chasseurs and the army's military pay chest. On 9 March, three French armies reassembled at Leuven (Louvain) under the command of Francisco de Miranda. They were the Army of the North on the left, the Army of Belgium in the center and the Army of the Ardennes on the right.[2]
Notes
- ^ ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
- ISBN 978-1-908692-24-5.
References
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- ISBN 978-1-908692-24-5.
- Rickard, J. "Battle of Aldenhoven, 1 March 1793". historyofwar.org. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
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