Battle of Beaumont (1794)

For the 1870 battle during the Franco-Prussian War, see Battle of Beaumont.

Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambrésis
Part of the War of the First Coalition

Portrait of the Duke of York
Date26 April 1794
Location
Beaumont-en-Cambrésis, Nord, France
Result Anglo-Austrian victory
Belligerents
France Austria
 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
René-Bernard Chapuy (POW) Duke of York
Rudolf Ritter von Otto
Strength
30,000 20,000
Casualties and losses
7,000 killed, wounded or captured, 41 cannons 1,450 killed, wounded or missing

The Battle of Beaumont-en-Cambrésis 26 April 1794 (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Coteau, or in France the Battle of Troisvilles) was an action forming part of a multi-pronged attempt to relieve the besieged fortress of Landrecies, during the Flanders Campaign of the French Revolutionary War. The British and Austrians under the Duke of York defeated a French advance northwards from Cambrai commanded by René Chapuis (Chapuy). Rudolf von Otto, York's Austrian subordinate, led the main attack, which smashed the French flank and Chapuis was captured as a result.

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