Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies

Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies
Part of the War of the First Coalition
Date 24 April 1794 Location Villers-en-Cauchies, Nord, France 50°14′28″N 3°23′28″E / 50.241°N 3.391°E / 50.241; 3.391 Result Anglo-Austrian victory
Belligerents
French First Republic	Habsburg Austria  Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
René-Bernard Chapuy	Rudolf von Otto Merveldt
Strength
7,000	300
Casualties and losses
1,200 killed, wounded or captured, 5 cannons	95 killed, wounded or missing
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

In the Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies, fought on 24 April 1794, a small Anglo-Austrian cavalry force routed a vastly more numerous French division during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary Wars. Villers-en-Cauchies is 15 km south of Valenciennes.