Battles of Stockach and Engen
Battles of Stockach and Engen | |||||||
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Part of the campaigns of 1800 in the War of the Second Coalition | |||||||
Combat of Stockach, 3 May 1800 by Félix Philippoteaux, 1838 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France | Austria | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Engen: Jean Victor Moreau Stockach: Claude Lecourbe |
Engen: Paul Kray Stockach: Prince of Vaudémont | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
84,000[1][2] | 72,000[1][2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Total per Smith:[1] 3,000 killed, wounded and missing Total per Bodart:[2] 3,000 casualties |
Total per Smith:[1] 397 killed 718 captured Total per Le Spectateur militaire:[3] 1,147 killed 1,884 wounded 3,862 captured Total per Bodart:[2] 3,000 killed or wounded 4,000 captured |
Austria
The Battles of Stockach and Engen were fought on 3 May 1800 between the army of the
Background
See the
Plans
At the beginning of 1800 the armies of France and the Habsburgs faced each other across the Rhine.
French Army
At the beginning of March, Bonaparte ordered Moreau to form his army into all-arms
The Left Wing was commanded by General of Division
There were additional detached troops under Moreau's overall leadership. These included General of Division Louis-Antoine-Choin de Montchoisy's 7,715 infantry and 519 cavalry, detached to hold Switzerland. Fortresses in Alsace and along the Rhine were defended by forces under Generals of Division François Xavier Jacob Freytag, 2,935 infantry, Joseph Gilot, 750 cavalry, Alexandre Paul Guérin de Joyeuse de Chateauneuf-Randon, 3,430 infantry and 485 cavalry, Antoine Laroche Dubouscat, 3,001 infantry and 91 cavalry and Jean François Leval, 5,640 infantry and 426 cavalry.[9]
Citations
- ^ a b c d Smith (1998), p. 181.
- ^ a b c d Bodart 1908, p. 352.
- ^ Le Spectateur militaire (1836), p. 571.
- ^ Arnold (2005), pp. 197–199.
- ^ Dodge (2011), p. 218.
- ^ Dodge (2011), p. 219
- ^ a b Arnold (2005), pp. 199–201.
- ^ Smith (1998), p. 177
- ^ a b c Smith (1998), p. 178
References
- Arnold, James R. (2005). Marengo & Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. ISBN 1-84415-279-0.
- Dodge, Theodore Ayrault (2011). Warfare in the Age of Napoleon: The Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns and the Wars of the Second and Third Coalitions, 1798-1805. Vol. 2. USA: Leonaur Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85706-600-8.
- Lamarque, Jean Maximilien; Fririon, Franciois Nicolas baron, eds. (1836). Le Spectateur militaire: Recueil de science, d'art et d'histoire militaires, Volume 22 (in French). Bureau de Spectateur militaire.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
General references
- Clausewitz, Carl von (2020). Napoleon Absent, Coalition Ascendant: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 1. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3025-7
- Clausewitz, Carl von (2021). The Coalition Crumbles, Napoleon Returns: The 1799 Campaign in Italy and Switzerland, Volume 2. Trans and ed. Nicholas Murray and Christopher Pringle. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-3034-9
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618–1905). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
Preceded by Battle of Genola |
French Revolution: Revolutionary campaigns Battles of Stockach and Engen |
Succeeded by Battle of Biberach (1800) |