Battle of Iller River

Battle of Iller River
Part of the War of the Second Coalition

Early 20th century bird's-eye view shows the Iller River and Erolzheim, looking south. North is at the bottom.
Date5 June 1800
Location48°05′28″N 10°04′19″E / 48.09111°N 10.07194°E / 48.09111; 10.07194
Result French victory
Belligerents
France Republican France Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Austria
Commanders and leaders
France Jean Moreau
France Antoine Richepanse
France Michel Ney
Holy Roman Empire Paul Kray
Holy Roman Empire Archduke Ferdinand
Holy Roman Empire Count Baillet
Strength
55,000 infantry,
2,780 cavalry
28,000
Casualties and losses
700 killed & wounded,
300 captured
800 killed & wounded,
1,100 & 4 guns captured
Battle of Iller River is located in Germany
Battle of Iller River
Location within Germany

The Battle of Iller River or Battle of Erolzheim (5 June 1800) saw a French Republican army led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau fight a Habsburg Austrian army led by Paul Kray. In late May, the adversaries reached a stalemate with the Austrian army holding Ulm and the French army facing it from the south. Both armies numbered about 80,000 men. Kray launched an attack against the French left wing along the Iller River at Erolzheim and Illertissen, but he withdrew his troops when Moreau sent reinforcements. The action occurred during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.[1]

The Iller River flows north past Memmingen, Erolzheim, and Illertissen in southern Germany and enters the Danube at Ulm.[2]

  1. ^ Dodge 2011, pp. 224–225.
  2. ^ Smith 1998, p. 185.