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There have been four battles fought near the town of Fleurus in Belgium:

  • The Battle of Fleurus (1622) in the Thirty Years' War
  • The Battle of Fleurus (1690) in the Nine Years' War
  • The Battle of Fleurus (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars
  • The Battle of Ligny (Battle of Fleurus, 1815) in the Napoleonic Wars

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Battle of Fleurus

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been four battles fought near the town of Fleurus in Belgium: The Battle of Fleurus (1622) in the Thirty Years' War The Battle of Fleurus (1690) in the...

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Fleurus

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Fleurus (French pronunciation: [flœ.ʁys] ; Walloon: Fleuru) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It has...

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War of the First Coalition

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A major victory against combined coalition forces at the Battle of Fleurus gained all of the Austrian Netherlands and the Rhineland for France. Although...

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Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition

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Jourdan at the Battle of Fleurus. Despite being pushed back at first, Jourdan managed to hold the line and even counterattack at the end of the day. Although...

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French Aerostatic Corps

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signalled messages using semaphore. The French won the Battle of Fleurus, but reports of the usefulness of the balloon corps varied. Louis-Bernard Guyton de...

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List of battles by casualties

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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...

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Hussards de la Mort

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mourir - Victory or death, Freedom or death, Live free or die Battle of Valmy Battle of Fleurus (1794) French cavalry regiments French hussar regiments Historique...

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Marshal of the Empire

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commander-in-chief of the French army that defeated Spain and forced it out of the First Coalition Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, the hero of Fleurus, a staunch Republican...

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Austrian Netherlands

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overrun by the French in 1794 (during the War of the First Coalition) after the Battle of Fleurus. The Council of State acted as government, and formed the...

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Sambre

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Fleurus, a suburb of Charleroi on the north bank of the Sambre: the Thirty Years' War Battle of Fleurus (1622), the Nine Years' War Battle of Fleurus...

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Battle of Sprimont

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the climactic Battle of Fleurus by Jourdan, who commanded the French forces on the Sambre. After an intense spring full of fighting, Fleurus was the last...

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Observation balloon

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during the French Revolutionary Wars, the very first time during the Battle of Fleurus (1794). The oldest preserved observation balloon, L'Intrépide, is...

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Fleurus 1794 order of battle

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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...

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Battle of Ligny

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to Fleurus. Then, keeping Lobau provisionally at Charleroi, Napoleon hastened to Fleurus, arriving about 11:00. The French Armee du Nord (Army of the...

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Bayonet

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trial with socket or zigzag bayonets was made after the Battle of Fleurus in 1690, in the presence of King Louis XIV, who refused to adopt them, as they had...

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Jean Baptiste Brunet

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Chef de brigade (colonel) of the 13th Light Infantry Demi-brigade on 26 June 1794. This was the same day as the Battle of Fleurus where the 13th Light fought...

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Battle of Mainz

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was the Battle of Pfeddersheim on 10 November. The siege was the second time balloon reconnaissance had been used, after the Battle of Fleurus (1794)....

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William I of the Netherlands

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defeated at the Battle of Fleurus. The French first entered Dutch Brabant which they dominated after the Battle of Boxtel. When in the winter of 1794–95 the...

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List of conflicts in Europe

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Arcadian War 540 BCE Battle of Alalia 538–522 BCE Polycrates wars 509–396 BCE Early Italian campaigns 500–499 BCE Persian invasion of Naxos' 499–493 BCE...

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Reign of Terror

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Battle of Fleurus, which marked a turning point in France's military campaign and undermined the necessity of wartime measures and the legitimacy of the...

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