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COMMANDER // 1733–1798

Count of Clerfayt

general field marshalHabsburg monarchy10 battles2 wars

Lifespan

1733 – 1798

174017501760177017801790War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Battle of Jemappes — November 6, 1792 · Holy Roman Empire · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Valmy — September 20, 1792 · Kingdom of Prussia · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Caesar's Camp — August 7, 1793 · Habsburg Monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Raismes — May 8, 1793 · Habsburg Monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Wattignies — October 16, 1793 · Austria · French Revolutionary WarsBattle at Courtrai — May 10, 1794 · Habsburg Austria · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Aldenhoven (1794) — October 2, 1794 · Habsburg monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Mainz — January 1, 1794 · Habsburg monarchy · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Mouscron — April 26, 1794 · Habsburg Austria · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Sprimont — September 18, 1794 · Habsburg Monarchy · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 1792–1794 — 10 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 59.

Profile

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years' War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the Austro-Turkish War. During the French Revolutionary Wars he saw extensive fighting and rose to the rank of Field Marshal.

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Battles (10)

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