Battle of Anderlecht | |||||||
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Part of Flanders Campaign | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Austria | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles Dumouriez | 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.