Battle of Mouscron
The Battle of Mouscron (26–30 April 1794) was a series of clashes that occurred when the Republican French Army of the North under Jean-Charles Pichegru moved northeast to attack Menen (Menin) and was opposed by Coalition forces under the overall leadership of François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. In their initial advance, the French began the Siege of Menin and captured Kortrijk (Courtrai). With Habsburg Austrian reinforcements, Clerfayt counterattacked on the 28th but Joseph Souham soon massed superior French forces and drove the Coalition troops out of the area. This Flanders Campaign action happened during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The battle occurred near Mouscron, Belgium, located at the French border 9 kilometres
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Battle of Mouscron
The Battle of Mouscron (26–30 April 1794) was a series of clashes that occurred when the Republican French Army of the North under Jean-Charles Pichegru moved northeast to attack Menen (Menin) and was opposed by Coalition forces under the overall leadership of François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. In their initial advance, the French began the Siege of Menin and captured Kortrijk (Courtrai). With Habsburg Austrian reinforcements, Clerfayt counterattacked on the 28th but Joseph Souham soon massed superior French forces and drove the Coalition troops out of the area. This Flanders Campaign action happened during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. The battle occurred near Mouscron, Belgium, located at the French border 9 kilometres
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The Battle of Mouscron (26–30 ...... Battle of Courtrai on 10 May.
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causalties
Menen: 500, 2 guns
Mouscron: 1,500, 6 guns
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French Royalists
Habsburg Austria
Hesse-Kassel
Republican France
date
1794-04-30
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result
French victory
strength
Menen: 14,000
Menen: 2,423, 28 guns
Mouscron: 10,000
Mouscron: 28,000
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The Battle of Mouscron 1794 by Charles Louis Mozin
casualties
Menen: 727, 10 guns
Mouscron: 1,760, 24 guns
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The Battle of Mouscron (26–30 ...... he French border 9 kilometres
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Battle of Mouscron
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