Fleurus 1794 order of battle

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

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

General de Division Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (75,000)

Reserve artillery
- Two foot artillery companies

Army of the Moselle

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
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
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
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

Army of the North

GdD Jean Baptiste Kléber

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
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
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
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

Army of the Ardennes

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
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

Austrian-Dutch army

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
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

Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. pp. 86–7. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.

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