Fleurus 1794 Order of Battle
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In the Battle of Fleurus
on 26 June 1794, General of Division Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
's French army repulsed an attack by the combined Austrian-Dutch army led by Field Marshal
Prince Josias of Coburg
.
(75,000)
(32,000 infantry, 14,000 cavalry)
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
In the Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794, the army of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan faced the Coalition Army commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg in the most decisive battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars...
on 26 June 1794, General of Division Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan , enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled...
's French army repulsed an attack by the combined Austrian-Dutch army led by Field Marshal
Field Marshal
Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
Prince Josias of Coburg
Prince Josias of Coburg
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was a general in the Austrian service.-Biography:...
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French Army
General of Division Jean-Baptiste JourdanJean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Comte Jourdan , enlisted as a private in the French royal army and rose to command armies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Emperor Napoleon I of France named him a Marshal of France in 1804 and he also fought in the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, he became reconciled...
(75,000)
- Army of the Moselle - Jourdan
- Division: Jacques HatryJacques Maurice HatryJacques Maurice Hatry was a French general.A colonel on the outbreak of the French Revolution, he rose to général de division in 1794 and fought with distinction in the armée du Nord, des armée des Ardennes and Armée de la Moselle at the Battle of Fleurus and blockade of Luxembourg Jacques Maurice...
(11,000)- Brigades: Jean Chapsal, Jean Bonet
- Division: Antoine MorlotAntoine MorlotAntoine Morlot was a French general, notable for his participation in the battle of Kaiserslautern. He is buried at the cimetière du Père-Lachaise....
(8,600)- Brigades: Jean Olivier, Simon
- Division: Jean ChampionnetJean Étienne ChampionnetJean Étienne Vachier, called Championnet , French general, enlisted in the army at an early age and served in the Great Siege of Gibraltar....
(9,100)- Brigades: Paul GrenierPaul GrenierPaul Grenier joined the French royal army and rapidly rose to general officer rank during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led a division in the 1796-1797 campaign in southern Germany. During the 1800 campaign in the Electorate of Bavaria he was a wing commander...
, Gabriel Lerivint
- Brigades: Paul Grenier
- Division: François LefebvreFrançois Joseph LefebvreFrançois Joseph Lefebvre, First Duc de Dantzig was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon....
(8,800)- Brigades: Jean Leval, Jean-Baptiste JacopinJean-Baptiste JacopinJean Baptiste Jacopin was a French General during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born 20 October 1755 and died 28 May 1811. He was appointed Adjutant General and Chef of Brigade 28 November 1793, and General of Brigade 10 January 1794. Napoleon awarded him the...
, Jean Sultzmann
- Brigades: Jean Leval, Jean-Baptiste Jacopin
- Division: Jacques Hatry
- Army of the North - Jean KléberJean Baptiste KléberJean Baptiste Kléber was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. His military career started in Habsburg service, but his plebeian ancestry hindered his opportunities...
- Division: Guillaume DuhesmeGuillaume Philibert DuhesmeGuillaume Philibert, 1st Count Duhesme was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.-Revolution:...
(10,000)- Brigades: Jean Schlachter, Louis Fuzier, Jean Bernadotte
- Division: Montaigue (8,200)
- Brigades: Joseph Richard, Antoine Poncet, Joseph Boisset
- Division: Guillaume Duhesme
- Army of the Ardennes
- Division: François MarceauFrançois Séverin Marceau-DesgraviersFrançois Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.-Early life:Desgraviers was born at Chartres, Eure-et-Loir. His father served as a legal officer, and Marceau received an education for a legal career, but at the age of sixteen he enlisted in the regiment of...
(6,000)- Brigades: Jean LorgeJean Thomas Guillaume LorgeJean Thomas Guillaume Lorge , was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....
, Jean Hardÿ
- Brigades: Jean Lorge
- Division: Pierre Meyer (5,500)
- Brigades: Jean Prestat, Claude LecourbeClaude LecourbeClaude Jacques Lecourbe , born in Besançon, was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars....
- Brigades: Jean Prestat, Claude Lecourbe
- Division: Charles Daurier (6,000)
- Brigades: unknown
- Cavalry Division: Pierre Dubois (2,300)
- Brigades: Jean d'HautpoulJean-Joseph Ange d'HautpoulJean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries....
, Guillaume Soland
- Brigades: Jean d'Hautpoul
- Division: François Marceau
Austrian-Dutch Army
FM Prince Josias of CoburgPrince Josias of Coburg
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was a general in the Austrian service.-Biography:...
(32,000 infantry, 14,000 cavalry)
- 1st Column: William V, Prince of OrangeWilliam V, Prince of OrangeWilliam V , Prince of Orange-Nassau was the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and between 1795 and 1806 he led the Government of the Dutch Republic in Exile in London. He was succeeded by his son William I...
- Brigade: Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Prince von Waldeck- 8 Dutch bns, 8 Dutch sqns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Prince Friedrich of Orange- 6 Dutch bns, 2 Swiss bns, 10 Dutch sqns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: GM Johann Sigismund RieschJohann Sigismund RieschJohann Sigismund Graf von Riesch joined the army of Habsburg Austria as a cavalry officer and, during his career, fought against the Kingdom of Prussia, Ottoman Turkey, Revolutionary France, and Napoleon's French Empire...
- 2 Austrian bns, 3 Émigré bns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: Lieutenant General
- 2nd Column: FML Peter QuasdanovichPeter QuasdanovichPeter Vitus Freiherr von Quosdanovich was a general of the Austrian Empire. Feldmarschall-Lieutenant and Commander of the Order of Maria Theresa...
- Brigade: 7 1/3 Austrian bns, 16 guns
- 3rd Column: FML Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-RietbergFranz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-RietbergFranz Wenzel Graf of Kaunitz-Rietberg was an Austrian general who saw service in the Seven Years War and Wars of the French Revolution.-Career:...
- Brigade: 5 Austrian bns, 3 Austrian sqns, 2(?) Émigré sqns, 16 guns
- 4th Column: FML Archduke CharlesArchduke Charles, Duke of TeschenArchduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain...
- Brigade: 7 1/3 Austrian bns, 16 sqns, 18 guns
- 5th Column: FML Johann Peter BeaulieuJohann Peter BeaulieuJohann Peter Beaulieu de Marconnay, also Jean Pierre Beaulieu de Marconnay, born 26 October 1725 – died 22 December 1819, was an Austrian military officer. He joined the Austrian army and fought against the Prussians during the Seven Years War. A cultured man, he later battled Belgian rebels...
- Brigade: 16 Austrian bns, 20 Austrian sqns, 2 Émigré sqns, 18 guns
Key
- General of Division is the rank of French army and division commanders and General of Brigade is the rank of brigade commanders.
- bns = infantry battalions
- sqns = cavalry squadrons
- FM = FeldmarschallField MarshalField Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
, army commander - FML = Feldmarschal-Leutnant, corps or division commander
- GM = General-Major, brigade commander
- Émigré = French Royalists