Battle of Le Cateau (1794)

The Battle of Le Cateau (29 March 1794) saw three Republican French divisions led by Antoine Balland, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet and Jacques Fromentin attack a Habsburg Austrian force commanded by Paul Kray. The Austrians drove off the French and inflicted four French casualties for every Austrian casualty. The somewhat pointless action took place during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Le Cateau-Cambrésis is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) southwest of Cambrai. Three weeks later, the Coalition army would launch its spring offensive in the Siege of Landrecies.