Fleurus 1794 Order of Battle
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In the Battle of Fleurus
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 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...

 (75,000)
  • Army of the Moselle - Jourdan
    • Division: Jacques Hatry
      Jacques Maurice Hatry
      Jacques 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 Morlot
      Antoine Morlot
      Antoine 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 Championnet
      Jean Étienne Championnet
      Jean 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 Grenier
        Paul Grenier
        Paul 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
    • Division: François Lefebvre
      François Joseph Lefebvre
      François 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 Jacopin
        Jean-Baptiste Jacopin
        Jean 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
  • Army of the North - Jean Kléber
    Jean Baptiste Kléber
    Jean 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 Duhesme
      Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
      Guillaume 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
  • Army of the Ardennes
    • Division: François Marceau
      François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
      François 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 Lorge
        Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
        Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge , was a French cavalry commander during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars....

        , Jean Hardÿ
    • Division: Pierre Meyer (5,500)
      • Brigades: Jean Prestat, Claude Lecourbe
        Claude Lecourbe
        Claude Jacques Lecourbe , born in Besançon, was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars....

    • Division: Charles Daurier (6,000)
      • Brigades: unknown
    • Cavalry Division: Pierre Dubois (2,300)
      • Brigades: Jean d'Hautpoul
        Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
        Jean-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

Austrian-Dutch Army

FM Prince Josias of Coburg
Prince 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 Orange
    William V, Prince of Orange
    William 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 General
      Lieutenant General
      Lieutenant 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 General
      Major General
      Major 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 Riesch
      Johann Sigismund Riesch
      Johann 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
  • 2nd Column: FML Peter Quasdanovich
    Peter Quasdanovich
    Peter 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-Rietberg
    Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg
    Franz 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 Charles
    Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
    Archduke 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 Beaulieu
    Johann Peter Beaulieu
    Johann 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 = Feldmarschall
    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...

    , army commander
  • FML = Feldmarschal-Leutnant, corps or division commander
  • GM = General-Major, brigade commander
  • Émigré = French Royalists
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