battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Puiflijk

Name: Battle of Puiflijk
Location: Puiflijk, Netherlands

Battle of Puiflijk was a battle fought in 1794 at Puiflijk, in what is now Netherlands. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Puiflijk. The recorded result: French victory.

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Fought1794

WherePuiflijk, Netherlands51.879N, 5.590E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeFrench victory

BelligerentsFrench First RepublicagainstGreat Britain; border|24px Armée des émigrés

Record

Date	1794 (year precision)
Place	Puiflijk, Netherlands 51.879N, 5.590E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Commanders	Jean-Charles Pichegru	Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné

Placed at Puiflijk; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Assault on Nijmegen 1589, 4.2 km W
Battle of Opheusden 1944, 6.6 km NE
Battle of the Grebbeberg 1940, 8.3 km N
Siege of Rhenen 1499, 9.1 km N
Operation Pegasus 1944, 14 km NE

Elsewhere in 1794

Battle of Puiflijk is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18655321, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Puiflijk, revision 1370586750, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.