Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)

When

2 Oct 1794

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.90° N, 6.28° E

Description

1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition

1794 Battle during the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Aldenhoven or Battle of the Roer saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean Baptiste Jourdan defeat a Habsburg army under François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt which was defending the line of the Roer River. A key crossing was won by the French right wing at Düren after heavy fighting.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Aldenhoven between French forces and those of Austria”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Aldenhoven besiegen die Franzosen unter Jean-Baptiste Jourdan und Jean Baptiste Bernadotte ein überlegenes österreichisches Heer”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l'armée de Sambre-et-Meuse sous les ordres de Jourdan remporte une victoire sur les Autrichiens à Aldenhoven”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Альденховене (см”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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