It saw three Republican French divisions led by Antoine Balland, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet and Jacques Fromentin attack a Habsburg Austrian force commanded by Paul Kray.

Pre-empting the opening of the Allied offensive, the French launched an attack on Austrian positions at Le Cateau, and at Beauvais and Solesmes, two villages in the vicinity of Landrecies.

In the face of this counterattack, the French were stricken with panic and fled, leaving behind 5 guns and 400 dead.

[1] Three weeks later, the Coalition army would launch its spring offensive and open the Siege of Landrecies.

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