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François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (14 October 1733 – 21 July 1798), a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years' War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the war against Ottoman Turkey.
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, comte de Clerfait, ou Clerfayt, ou encore Clairfait, né le 14 octobre 1733 au château de Bruille à Waudrez, Hainaut ( Pays-Bas autrichiens) et mort le 21 juillet 1798 à Vienne ( Autriche ), est un officier wallon. Il fut feld-maréchal du Saint-Empire .
Battle of Mainz. The Battle of Mainz (29 October 1795) saw a Habsburg Austrian army led by Field Marshall François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt launch a surprise assault against four divisions belonging to the French Army of Rhin-et-Moselle directed by General of Division François Ignace Schaal.
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.
Also known as. English. François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt. Austrian marshal. Sebastien Nicolas Joseph de Croix dit de Drumez, Comte de Clerfayt, Calonne et Orville.
Documents about François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix Clerfayt (comte de, 1733-1798) (4 resources in data.bnf.fr) Pictures (4) General Clairfait (1796) , Karl Mathias Ernst (1758-1830), [Mannheim] : [s.n.] , 1796 General count Clairfayt (1794) , James Gillray (1756-1815), London : publish'd by V. & R. Green , June 23.d 1794 La Victoire ...
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