Order of battle at the Battle of Fleurus
In the Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) Jean-Baptiste Jourdan's French army repulsed an attack by the combined Austro-Dutch army led by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Tactically the battle was a draw but strategically it was a decisive French victory. The battle led to the collapse of the Coalition position in the Austrian Netherlands.
Key
[edit]- GdD = General de Division, army or division commander
- GdB = General de Brigade, division or brigade commander
- FM = Feldmarschall, army commander
- FML = Feldmarschall-Leutnant, column commander
- GM = General-major, brigade commander
- bns = infantry battalions
- sqns = cavalry squadrons
- Émigré = French Royalists
French army
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General de Division Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (75,000)
- Reserve artillery
- Two foot artillery companies
GdD Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
- GdD Jacques Maurice Hatry (11,000)
- GdB Jean-Antoine Chapsal
- 27th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
- 44th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
- Moselle National Guard, 2nd and 3rd battalions
- Côte-d'Or National Guard, 3rd Battalion
- Seine-et-Oise National Guard, 6th Battalion
- Doubs National Guard, 9th Battalion
- 11th Dragoon Regiment, three squadrons
- 18th Chasseurs à Cheval, one squadron
- GdB Jean Pierre François Bonet
- 33rd Line Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- 58th Line Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- Lot-et-Garonne National Guard, 1st Battalion
- Loiret National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Var National Guard, 4th Battalion
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean-Antoine Chapsal
- GdD Antoine Morlot (8,600)
- GdB Jean-Baptiste Olivier
- 110th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 14th Dragoon Regiment, three squadrons
- GdB Henri Simon
- 1st Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 34th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 10th Cavalry Regiment, four squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean-Baptiste Olivier
- GdD Jean Étienne Championnet (9,100)
- GdB Paul Grenier
- 18th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 1st Dragoon Regiment, three squadrons
- GdB Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand
- 59th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 94th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 4th Cavalry Regiment, three squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Paul Grenier
- GdD François Joseph Lefebvre (8,800)
- GdB Jean François Leval
- 5th Line Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
- 54th Line Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- 99th Line Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion
- 9th Foot Chasseurs Battalion
- GdB Jean-Baptiste Jacopin
- 13th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 80th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 149th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- GdB Jean Sultzmann
- 16th Light Infantry Battalion
- 1st Foot Chasseurs Battalion
- 18th Foot Chasseurs Battalion
- Legion of the Moselle
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean François Leval
- GdB Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (10,000)
- GdB Jean Schlachter
- Saint-Denis National Guard, 1st Battalion
- Vosges National Guard, 5th Battalion
- 4th Hussar Regiment, four squadrons
- 12th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, five squadrons
- GdB Louis Fuzier
- 47th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, three battalions
- Vienne National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Paris National Guard, 10th Battalion
- Seine-et-Oise National Guard, 10th Battalion
- GdB Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
- 56th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, three battalions
- 32nd Light Infantry Battalion
- Orne National Guard, 1st Battalion
- Meurthe National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- 22nd Cavalry Regiment, four squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean Schlachter
- GdD Anne Charles Basset Montaigu (8,200)
- GdB Joseph Léonard Richard
- 10th Light Infantry Battalion
- 4th Foot Chasseur Battalion
- 6th Cavalry Regiment, one squadron
- 7th Dragoon Regiment, four squadrons
- 16th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, one squadron
- GdB André Poncet
- 18th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 1st Battalion
- 49th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 1st Battalion
- 68th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 1st and 2nd Battalions
- 89th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 1st Battalion
- GdB Joseph Boisset
- Calvados National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Haut-Rhine National Guard, 2nd and 3rd battalions
- Mayenne-et-Loire National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Nièvre National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Eure National Guard, 3rd Battalion
- Somme National Guard, 5th Battalion
- Oise National Guard, 6th Battalion
- Two foot artillery companies
- GdB Joseph Léonard Richard
- Detached from GdD Marie-Louis Ferrand
- GdB Charles Daurier (6,000)
- 18th Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 2nd Battalion
- 72nd Line Infantry Demi-brigade, 1st and 2nd battalions
- Loiret National Guard, 1st Battalion
- 17th Cavalry Regiment, four squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Charles Daurier (6,000)
- Cavalry Division: Paul-Alexis Dubois (2,300)
- GdB Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
- 12th Dragoon Regiment, four squadrons
- 2nd Hussar Regiment, two squadrons
- 6th Chasseurs à Cheval Regiment, four squadrons
- One horse artillery company
- GdB Guillaume Soland
- 6th Cavalry Regiments, four squadrons
- 8th Cavalry Regiments, four squadrons
- One horse artillery company
- GdB Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul
GdD François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
- GdD Marceau (6,000)
- GdB Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
- 9th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- 172nd Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- Nord National Guard, 3rd Battalion
- Pas-de-Calais National Guard, 8th Battalion
- GdB Jean Hardy
- Vendee National Guard, 1st Battalion
- Volunteers National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- 11th Chasseurs à Cheval, four squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
- GdD Jean Adam Mayer (5,500)
- GdB Jean Charles Prestat
- 26th Line Infantry Regiment, three battalions
- Nord National Guard, 2nd Battalion
- Seine-Inférieur National Guard, 7th Battalion
- GdB Claude Lecourbe
- 16th Light Infantry Battalion
- Aisne National Guard, 4th Battalion
- 20th Chasseurs à Cheval, two squadrons
- One foot artillery company
- GdB Jean Charles Prestat
Austrian-Dutch army
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FM Prince Josias of Coburg (32,000 infantry, 14,000 cavalry)
- 1st Column: William V, Prince of Orange
- Brigade: Lieutenant General Prince von Waldeck
- 8 Dutch bns, 8 Dutch sqns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: Major General Prince Friedrich of Orange
- 6 Dutch bns, 2 Swiss bns, 10 Dutch sqns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: GM Johann Sigismund Riesch
- 2 Austrian bns, 3 Émigré bns, 2 Émigré sqns
- Brigade: Lieutenant General Prince von Waldeck
- 2nd Column: FML Peter Quasdanovich
- Brigade: 7 1/3 Austrian bns, 16 guns
- 3rd Column: FML Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg
- Brigade: 5 Austrian bns, 3 Austrian sqns, 2(?) Émigré sqns, 16 guns
- 4th Column: FML Archduke Charles
- Brigade: 7 1/3 Austrian bns, 16 sqns, 18 guns
- 5th Column: FML Johann Peter Beaulieu
- Brigade: 16 Austrian bns, 20 Austrian sqns, 2 Émigré sqns, 18 guns
References
[edit]- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. pp. 86–7. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
Further reading
[edit]The following are excellent sources for the first names and ranks of French and Austrian generals.
- Broughton, Tony (2006). "Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815". The Napoleon Series. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- Smith, Digby; Kudrna, Leopold. "Biographical Dictionary of all Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815". napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 20 March 2015.