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Battle of Sprimont
Part of the War of the First Coalition

Monument to the battle.
Date18 September 1794
Location
Sprimont, near Liège
Result

French victory

  • France completes annexation of Austrian Netherlands
Belligerents
France French Republic Battle of Sprimont Habsburg Monarchy
Commanders and leaders

France Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
France Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

France François Marceau
France Honoré Haquin
Battle of Sprimont Count of Clerfayt
Habsburg monarchy Count Baillet de Latour
Units involved
Army of Sambre-et-Meuse Austrian army
Strength
40,000 25,000

The Battle of Sprimont, or Battle of the Ourthe (18 Sep 1794), was a battle during the War of the First Coalition between a corps of the French revolutionary Army of Sambre-and-Meuse under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the left wing of an Austrian army under the François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. The battle was fought to outflank and force the Austrian army away from their defensive line on the Meuse river, and was a French victory.

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