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Charles de Croix, count von Clerfayt

Austrian field marshal
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Also known as: Charles Joseph de Croix, Count von Clerfayt, Charles de Croix, Count von Clairfait
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In full:
Charles Joseph De Croix, Count Von Clerfayt, Clerfayt
Also spelled:
Clairfait
Born:
Oct. 14, 1733, Bruille, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium]
Died:
July 19, 1798, Vienna, Austria (aged 64)

Charles de Croix, count von Clerfayt (born Oct. 14, 1733, Bruille, Austrian Netherlands [now in Belgium]—died July 19, 1798, Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian field marshal who was one of the more successful of the Allied generals campaigning against Revolutionary France in the early 1790s. Clerfayt entered the Austrian army in 1753, distinguished himself during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63), and also took part in the Turkish War of 1787. In 1792, at the outset of the War of the First Coalition against France, he was given command of the Austrian contingent in the Duke of Brunswick’s army. His corps ...(100 of 238 words)

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