| Battle of Pirmasens | |||||||
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| Part of War of the First Coalition | |||||||
 Troop movements during the battle of Pirmasens 1793 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Prussia |
 Republican France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Duke of Brunswick |
Jean René Moreaux | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Prussian Army |
Corps of the Vosges | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000, 58 guns | 12,000, 36 guns | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 167 | 4,000, 19–22 guns | ||||||
The Battle of Pirmasens (14 September 1793) saw the French Republican corps led by Jean René Moreaux attack the Prussian force led by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. From prepared positions, the Prussians caught the French in a deadly crossfire, forcing them to withdraw their troops. The clash happened during the War of the First Coalition, part of a larger conflict known as the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793 Pirmasens was part of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt but today the city is in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, 34.4 kilometres (21 mi) south of Kaiserslautern.