Historedia
Person

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt

Events
2
Episodes
8
Years
1793–1794

Every event in Historedia whose sources name François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, 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 Wattignies

    1793–1794

    Role: Habsburg covering force leader

    1. July–August 1793 · French frontier fortresses and MaubeugeCoalition breakthrough and the siege of Maubeuge

      The Coalition army shattered the French fortress line in summer 1793 and besieged Maubeuge; French relief attempts failed.

    2. 1–14 October 1793 · Front south of MaubeugeFrench dispositions and reconnaissance

      Jourdan deployed in four masses from 1 October and, with Carnot, reconnoitered the Coalition front south of Maubeuge on 14 October.

    3. 15 October 1793 · Village of WattigniesFirst day: repulsed assault and fighting at Wattignies

      On 15 October a clumsy 45,000-man French attack was repulsed except near Wattignies, where the village changed hands amid counterattacks.

    4. 16–17 October 1793 · Height of WattigniesSecond day: capture of the Wattignies height and Coalition withdrawal

      On 16 October Jourdan assaulted the Wattignies height in three columns; deserters' false reports unnerved the Austrians, who withdrew.

    5. 17 October 1793 – 10 January 1794 · Sambre front and ParisAftermath: credit controversy and Jourdan's dismissal

      Jourdan did not pursue; Carnot rewrote history to claim credit, and Jourdan was summoned to Paris and dismissed in January 1794.

  2. Battle of Aldenhoven

    1794

    Role: Commander of the Habsburg army defending the Roer line

    1. 1 October 1794 · Düren, on the Roer RiverCrossing of the Roer at Düren

      On 1 October Jourdan ordered Schérer's Right Wing to cross the Roer and seize Düren, winning a key crossing after heavy fighting.

    2. 2 October 1794 · Battle of Aldenhoven / Battle of the RoerFrench victory at the Battle of Aldenhoven

      Jourdan's French army defeated Clerfayt's Habsburg army defending the Roer line on 2 October 1794.

    3. after 2 October 1794 · Roer River line and west bank of the RhineAustrian retreat concedes the west bank of the Rhine

      Clerfayt's withdrawal from the Roer conceded control of the west bank of the Rhine to France; the battle was the Army of Sambre-and-Meuse's last advance of 1794.

Sources

  1. Battle of Wattignies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  2. Battle of Aldenhoven (1794) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-19