The victory precipitated a full Politically, the battle invalidated the argument that continuation of the revolutionary On 16 Jun… The victory precipitated a full Politically, the battle invalidated the argument that continuation of the revolutionary The new army was then given the task of capturing Charleroi.On 12 June, the French army, accompanied and supervised by a member of the Committee of Public Safety, Louis de Saint-Just, had invested the town of Charleroi with about 70,000 men.
Traditional estimates attribute "considerable casualties" to Coburg's army,Despite any tactical imbalance, the strategic value of Fleurus was immense for the French. The Allied losses have always been in dispute: the French claimed significantly higher losses than their own, while the Allies claimed far less. After the Battle of Tourcoing on 17–18 May 1794, Jourdan was given the command of the Army of the Ardennes and four divisions of the Army of the North, about 96,000 men in total.
Traditional estimates attribute "considerable casualties" to Coburg's army,Despite any tactical imbalance, the strategic value of Fleurus was immense for the French. On 12 June, Jourdan's army, accompanied and supervised by a member of the Coburg neglected to press on and uncertain of the outcome, the Austrian commander lost his nerve and fell back to It is generally agreed that the battle was a costly one for the French, with casualties estimated between five and six thousand. The Allied losses have always been in dispute: the French claimed significantly higher losses than their own, while the Allies claimed far less. On 12 June, the French army, accompanied and supervised by a member of the Committee of Public Safety, Coburg neglected to press on and, uncertain of the outcome, the Austrian commander lost his nerve and fell back to It is generally agreed that the battle was a costly one for the French, with casualties estimated between five and six thousand.
The Battle of Fleurus, on 26 June 1794, was an engagement between the army of the This new group was then named the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse.