Battle of Anderlecht

Battle of Anderlecht
Part of Flanders Campaign
Date13 November 1792
Location50°50′3″N 4°17′44″E / 50.83417°N 4.29556°E / 50.83417; 4.29556
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France Habsburg monarchy Austria
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Charles Dumouriez Habsburg monarchy Frédéric Auguste[1]
Strength
35,000 Infantry 20,000 Infantry
Casualties and losses
Unknown 500 Men, several cannons destroyed

The Battle of Anderlecht, sometimes referred to as the Fight of Anderlecht, took place in Anderlecht near Brussels in Belgium between the Habsburg monarchy and the French Republic on 13 November 1792, during the first year of the French Revolutionary Wars.

  1. ^ Der Feldzug 1792 in den Niederlanden . 2. (1834). P. 58

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