Battle of Theiningen

Battle of Theiningen
Part of the War of the First Coalition

General Bernadotte Charges the Austrian Center at the Battle of Theiningen
Date21-22 August 1796
Location
Deining (Theiningen), Germany
49°13′N 11°31′E / 49.217°N 11.517°E / 49.217; 11.517
Result Tactical Draw
French Strategic Victory:
Austrians fail to destroy Bernadotte's Division or cut-off the French retreat toward the Rhine[1][2][3]
Belligerents
France First French Republic Holy Roman Empire Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
France General of Division Bernadotte  (WIA) Holy Roman Empire Archduke Charles
Strength
9000[4] 28,000[5]
Casualties and losses
Moderate[6] Moderate[7]
Battle of Theiningen is located in Europe
Battle of Theiningen
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Location within Europe

The Battle of Theiningen took place in Germany on 22–23 August 1796 during the War of the First Coalition. A French division, led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, repulsed an attempted encirclement, and fought a successful rearguard action, despite being outnumbered three-to-one, against an Austrian army led by Archduke Charles of Austria, allowing the French Army of Sambre and Meuse to retreat toward the Rhine.[8]

  1. ^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.
  2. ^ Palmer, Alan (1990). "Bernadotte: Napoleon's Marshal, Sweden's King." P. 33.
  3. ^ Wencker-Wildberg, Friedrich (1936). Bernadotte: A Biography. Pp. 58-59.
  4. ^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.
  5. ^ Ibid.
  6. ^ Ibid.
  7. ^ Ibid.
  8. ^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. pp. 145-149