CASUALTY RECORD // April 26, 1794
Battle of Mouscron
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 3,260 estimated
Republican France
1,500
Medium-confidence figure
Habsburg Austria
1,760
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Mouscron formed part of the broader Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. The Army of the North under Pichegru advanced northeast, initiating the siege of Menin and securing Courtrai before Austrian reinforcements enabled Clerfayt to counterattack. French numerical superiority proved decisive: Souham concentrated the larger Republican force and expelled Coalition troops from the area around Mouscron and Menin. The engagement extended French operational reach along the Franco-Belgian frontier in the vicinity of Kortrijk, sustaining pressure on Habsburg positions in Flanders at a moment when the Republic was contesting control of the Austrian Netherlands.
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