Battle of Anderlecht
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| Battle of Anderlecht | |||||||
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| Part of Flanders Campaign | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 France |
 Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles Dumoriez |
Frédéric Auguste[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 35,000 Infantry | 20,000 Infantry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 500 Men, several cannons destroyed | ||||||
The Battle of Anderlecht, sometimes referred to as the Fight of Anderlecht, took place in Anderlecht near Brussels in Belgium between the Habsburg Monarchy and the French Republic on November 13, 1792.
Prelude
After the victory of Jemappes, the Imperial troops endeavored to delay the victorious march of the troops of the French Republic. On November 13, 1792, by the rear guard of the Austrians, commanded by Duke Ferdinand Frédéric Auguste of Wurtemberg, meets at Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, on the way to Brussels, a French avant-garde commanded by Harville, Stengel, Rosières and Thouvenot, soon followed by the head general of the troop commanded by Dumouriez who pursued the Austrians to the heights of Anderlecht.
The Battle
The French Army commanded by Dumouriez, initially made up of 3,000 volunteers, launched an assault on the lines of the Duke of Württemberg, accompanied by 20,000 men, on the heights of Anderlecht . After a very lively cannonade and the main fighting which lasts 6 hours, the French troops, assisted by the reinforcements which arrive after crossing the Senne, end up reaching 35,000 volunteers, forcing the imperial army to withdraw in disorder on Brussels, crossing back during the night.
Aftermath
The Imperials lost around 500 men on the battlefield and several piece of artillery destroyed. Their cavalry, under the command of Maximilian Latour, managed to slow down the pursuit of the French and avoid heavier losses. The next day, November 14, 1792, Dumouriez makes his entry into Brussels[2], capital of the Austrian Netherlands, to the cheers of the inhabitants, a certain number of Walloon soldiers rally to the French army.[3]
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- ^ Der Feldzug 1792 in den Niederlanden . 2. (1834). P. 58
- ^ Pierre-François (1821). Précis ou histoire a brégée des guerres de la Révolution française . P. 13
- ^ Antoine de Jomini, Histoire critique et militaire des guerres de la Révolution: Campagne de 1792, t. 2, Paris, 1820, p. 238-239.