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The Battle of Fleurus in 1794 was part of the
War of the First Coalition,
which in turn was the first phase of the
French Revolutionary Wars.
Who Fought the Battle of Fleurus?
France, with 73,000 troops
and led by
General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and
Jean-Baptiste Kleber, fought members of the
First Coalition,
in this case the Austrians and the
Dutch, who had 52,000 troops at their disposal.
Commander of the allied forces was
Coburg.
The French won and sat on the Low Countries for the next twenty
years.
And here is the map
Belgium 1792
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Check here
for more battles that took place at Fleurus.
Here is more about the
Coalitions against
France.
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