Battle of Sprimont

Battle of Sprimont
Part of the War of the First Coalition
Monument to the battle.
Date 18 September 1794 Location Sprimont, near Liège Result French victory France completes annexation of Austrian Netherlands
Belligerents
French Republic	Habsburg Monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer François Marceau Honoré Haquin	Count of Clerfayt Count Baillet de Latour
Units involved
Army of Sambre-et-Meuse	Austrian army
Strength
40,000	25,000

The Battle of Sprimont, or Battle of the Ourthe (18 Sep 1794), was a battle during the War of the First Coalition between a corps of the French revolutionary Army of Sambre-and-Meuse under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the left wing of an Austrian army under the François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. The battle was fought to outflank and force the Austrian army away from their defensive line on the Meuse river, and was a French victory.