Second Battle of Wissembourg
Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) | |||||||
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Part of French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Wissembourg in the 17th century | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
France |
Austria Prussia Electorate of Bavaria Hesse-Kassel | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Charles Pichegru |
Dagobert Wurmser Ernst von Rüchel Count Minucci | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
35,000[1] | 38,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
500[2] |
1,500[2] 21 guns | ||||||
The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the
Background
During the
On 17 November, the 739-man French garrison of Bitche repelled a Prussian assault on the citadel. A French traitor led the picked force of 1,200 into the outer fortifications. The alert defenders spotted Oberst (Colonel) von Wartensleben's attackers and drove them out of the fort with the loss of 120 killed and 251 captured. The French lost a handful of men killed and wounded and 63 captured. The traitor was captured and shot.[7] That same day, Prussian General Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth with 13,000 troops defeated Hoche's 20,000 men at Biesingen. The French lost 760 killed and wounded, plus 42 captured. Prussian losses were only 16 killed and 92 wounded.[8]
The
Battle
It was a French victory and enabled French forces to secure the whole of Alsace. It also led to a definitive break between the Austrians and the Prussians, who blamed each other for the defeat.[citation needed] The battle's name is engraved on the north pillar of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Notes
- ^ Smith, pp. 65–66
- ^ a b Bodart 1908, p. 285.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 499–500.
- ^ Adolphe Thiers, John Boyd (translated by Frederic Shoberl). The History of the French Revolution, Carey and Hart, 1844. p. 335
- ^ Smith, p. 61
- ^ Smith, p. 66
- ^ Smith, pp. 61–62
- ^ Smith, p. 62
- ^ Smith, pp. 62–63
- ^ Friedrich Christoph Schlosser, David Davison (Translated by David Davison). History of the Eighteenth Century and of the Nineteenth Till the Overthrow of the French Empire: With Particular Reference to Mental Cultivation and Progress, Chapman and Hall, 1845. p. 540
- ^ Lazare Hoche
- Charles Pichegruwas in command of the assaulting French forces.
References
- ISBN 1-85367-276-9
- Bodart, Gaston (1908). Militär-historisches Kriegs-Lexikon (1618-1905) (in German). Vienna and Leipzig: C. W. Stern. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
External links
- Media related to Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Battle of Truillas |
French Revolution: Revolutionary campaigns Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) |
Succeeded by Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies |