"1794-05-24Z"^^ . . . . . . "611\u2013650" . . "The Battle of Erquelinnes or Battle of P\u00E9chant (20\u201324 May 1794) saw a Republican French army jointly led by Jacques Desjardin and Louis Charbonnier try to defend a bridgehead on the north bank of the Sambre River against a combined Habsburg Austrian and Dutch army led by Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg. The French crossed the Sambre on the 20th and held their positions for a few days. On the 24th Kaunitz launched an early-morning surprise attack that routed the French."@en . . "24,000" . "30,000\u201350,000" . . "Austro-Dutch victory" . "Battle of Erquelinnes"@en . "Habsburg Austria" . "First French Republic" . "Dutch Republic" .