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Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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French army of 130,000 attacked General Clairfayt near Maubeuge; Clairfayt retreated victoriously, capturing 28 cannon. Prince of Cobourg crossed Sambre without loss. At Wattignies, Austrians repulsed French multiple times but ultimately retreated, losing positions. One Austrian regiment lost 700 men; 15,000 French deserted the next day.
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The French army that attacked General Clairfayt near Maubeuge, amounted to one hundred and thirty thousand men.
From before this army this able General made a retreat, which had some circumstances attending it which marked it as a victory, as he took no less than twenty-eight pieces of cannon.
The retreat of the Prince of Cobourg across the Sambre was effected without the loss of a man. The loss lay wholly with Gen. Clairfayt's army.
At the village of Wattignies, the Austrians were repulsed three different times by the superior numbers of the enemy, but they as regularly returned, and forced the French to retire. The fourth time, however, the Austrians were obliged to give way & retreat to a redoubt, evacuating at the same time Eclaubes and Solreignies.
In this bloody contest one Austrian regiment lost 700 men.
The day after the action with General Clairfayt, 15,000 of the French army deserted—a proof that they did not relish the service into which they had been forced.
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Maubeuge
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austrians: one regiment lost 700 men; french: 15,000 deserted the next day; austrians captured 28 french cannon and evacuated eclaubes and solreignies
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French army of 130,000 attacked General Clairfayt near Maubeuge. Clairfayt retreated, capturing 28 cannon. Prince of Cobourg retreated across Sambre without loss. At Wattignies, Austrians repulsed French three times, forcing their retirement, but on the fourth assault, Austrians retreated to a redoubt, evacuating Eclaubes and Solreignies. The next day, 15,000 French deserted.