Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)

Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)
Part of the Flanders Campaign in the War of the First Coalition
Date 1 March 1793 Location Aldenhoven, Germany 50°53′45″N 6°16′59″E / 50.89583°N 6.28306°E / 50.89583; 6.28306 Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Habsburg Austria	Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Prince of Coburg Archduke Charles	René de Lanoue Henri de Stengel
Strength
39,000	9,000
Casualties and losses
50	2,300, 7 guns, 2 colors

The Battle of Aldenhoven (1 March 1793) saw the Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld attack a Republican French force under René Joseph de Lanoue. The Austrians successfully crossed the Roer River and engaged in a cavalry charge led by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen which routed the French and inflicted heavy losses. The War of the First Coalition battle occurred near Aldenhoven, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Cologne.

After a victory in the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November 1792, the French army of Charles Francois Dumouriez conquered most of the Austrian Netherlands. That winter, Dumouriez attempted to overrun the Dutch Republic while Francisco de Miranda besieged Maastricht, covered by Lanoue's troops along the Roer. Sent by the Austrian government to reconquer Belgium, Coburg's troops attacked early on the morning of 1 March and dispersed the French. The Battle of Neerwinden on 18 March would decide who controlled the Austrian Netherlands.