Battle of Le Cateau (1794)

Battle of Le Cateau (1794)
Part of War of the First Coalition
Date 29 March 1794 Location Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria	Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Pál Kray	Antoine Balland Jacques Goguet Jacques Fromentin
Strength
7,000	15,000
Casualties and losses
293	1,200, 4 guns

The Battle of Le Cateau (29 March 1794) saw three Republican French divisions led by Antoine Balland, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet and Jacques Pierre Fromentin attack a Habsburg Austrian force commanded by Pál Kray. The Austrians drove off the French and inflicted four French casualties for every Austrian casualty. The somewhat pointless action took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Le Cateau-Cambrésis is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) southwest of Cambrai. Three weeks later, the Coalition army would launch its spring offensive in the Siege of Landrecies.

References

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