Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)

Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)
Part of War of the First Coalition
General Jean Baptiste Jourdan
Date 2 October 1794 Location Aldenhoven, Germany 50°53′45″N 6°16′59″E / 50.89583°N 6.28306°E / 50.89583; 6.28306 Result French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
General Jourdan	Count of Clerfayt
Units involved
Army of Sambre-et-Meuse	Austrian Army
Strength
88,000[1]	77,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed or wounded[1]	3,000 killed or wounded 800 captured[1]
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

The Battle of Aldenhoven or Battle of the Roer (2 October 1794) saw a Republican French army commanded by Jean Baptiste Jourdan defeat a Habsburg army under François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt which was defending the line of the Roer River. A key crossing was won by the French right wing at Düren after heavy fighting. The Austrian retreat from the Roer conceded control of the west bank of the Rhine River to France. The battle occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of a wider conflict called the Wars of the French Revolution. Aldenhoven is located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany about 21 kilometres (13 mi) northeast of Aachen.