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Person

Captain Coutelle

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Captain Coutelle, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Fleurus

    1794

    Role: Operator of the reconnaissance balloon l'Entreprenant, Aerostatic Corps

    1. June 1794 · Tournai and the Sambre theatreAllied Command Disputes

      Coburg's plan for a decisive Sambre battle was complicated by British suspicions of Austrian abandonment of the Low Countries.

    2. 26 June 1794 · Fleurus, Austrian NetherlandsBattle of Fleurus

      Jourdan's French army defeated Coburg's Austro-Dutch force on 26 June 1794, a tactically indecisive but strategically decisive engagement.

    3. 26 June 1794 · Jumet windmill hill near CharleroiFirst Aerial Reconnaissance

      The French balloon l'Entreprenant, under Captain Coutelle, provided continuous observation of Austrian movements—the first aerial reconnaissance in battle.

Sources

  1. Battle of Fleurus (1794) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15