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François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (Q78696) From Wikidata. ... Charles de Croix, count von Clerfayt. retrieved. 9 October 2017. stated in.
CLERFAYT (or Clairfayt), FRANÇOIS SEBASTIEN CHARLES JOSEPH DE CROIX, Count of (1733–1798), Austrian field marshal, entered the Austrian army in 1753. In the Seven Years’ War he greatly distinguished himself, earning rapid promotion, and receiving the decoration of the order of Maria Theresa.
21 de jul. de 2013 · A Celebrated Strategist: Charles de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (Hainaut, Belgium, 14th October 1733 - Vienna, Austria, 21st July 1798) I have always liked the cut of a military man's jib and a flamboyant name is equally welcome so I thought I'd take to my secretaire and ...
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Born at the Castle of Bruille in Hainaut in the Austrian Netherlands, he entered the Austrian army in 1753.[citation needed] In the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) he distinguished himself, earning rapid promotion, and received the Military Order of Maria Theresa decoration. At the conclusion of the peace (Treaty of Hubertusburg, 15 February 1763), th...
In 1792, as one of the most distinguished of the emperor's generals, he received the command of the Austrian contingent in army of the duke of Brunswick, and at Croix-sous-Bois his corps inflicted a reverse on the troops of the French Revolution. In the Netherlands, he commanded the center at the Battle of Jemappes on 6 November. He opened the camp...
A brave and skillful soldier, Clerfayt perhaps achieved more than any other Austrian commander (except the Archduke Charles of Austria) in the hopeless struggle of small dynastic armies against a French "nation in arms". He was also very popular amongst his own soldiers.[citation needed]
Kudrna, Leopold; Smith, Digby. "C2 Clerfayt de Croix, (Franz Sebastian) Karl Joseph Graf". A Biographical Dictionary of All Austrian Generals during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars •17...
Ebert, Jens-Florian. "Clerfayt in German"]. http://www.napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/clerfayt.html. Retrieved August 2011.Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, comte de Clerfayt: P.7178-R.
Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (14 October 1733-21 July 1798) was a Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire during the French Revolutionary Wars. Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix was born in Bruille, Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire on 14...
Charles Joseph de Croix, comte de Clerfait. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. Austrian marshal.
