Military Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)
Part of War of the First Coalition
Date1 March 1793
LocationAldenhoven, Germany
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Monarchy Habsburg Austria France Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Habsburg Monarchy Prince of Coburg
Habsburg Monarchy Archduke Charles
France René de Lanoue
France 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 Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld attack a Republican French force under René Joseph de Lanoue. The Austrians successfully crossed the Roer River and a cavalry charge led by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen routed the French, inflicting 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 Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792, the French army of 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, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen led the Latour Dragoon Regiment Nr. 31 and the Esterhazy Hussar Regiment Nr. 32. Lanoue had immediately on hand 9,000 troops in seven battalions, six squadrons and 12 artillery pieces. The French units were the 3rd and 4th Grenadier Battalions, Liège Battalion, 14th Light Infantry Battalion, 2nd Battalion of the Paris National Guard, two battalions of the 29th Line Infantry Regiment and the 6th and 12th Chasseurs à Cheval. Henri Christian Michel de Stengel was one of Lanoue's subordinates.[1]

Results[]

The Coalition lost 50 men killed and wounded while inflicting 2,000 killed and wounded on the French. 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 Maastricht to be abandoned.[1] For three days Stengel disappeared and it was feared that he had defected. Instead, he turned up at 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[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 42. ISBN 1-85367-276-9. 
  2. Phipps, Ramsay Weston (2011). The Armies of the First French Republic: Volume I The Armée du Nord. USA: Pickle Partners Publishing. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-908692-24-5. 

References[]

Coordinates: 50°53′45″N 6°16′59″E / 50.89583°N 6.28306°E / 50.89583; 6.28306

All or a portion of this article consists of text from Wikipedia, and is therefore Creative Commons Licensed under GFDL.
The original article can be found at Battle of Aldenhoven (1793) and the edit history here.
Advertisement