Battle of Speyerbach

Battle of Speyerbach
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

The Speyerbach river, flowing into the Rhine near Speyer
Date15 November 1703
Location
Outside Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Result French victory
Belligerents
 Holy Roman Empire
 Dutch Republic
 England		  Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Hesse Frederick of Hesse
Nassau-Weilburg
Otto von Vehlen		 Kingdom of France Camille de Tallard
Kingdom of France Armand de Pracomtal †
Strength
28 battalions
54 squadrons[1]
22,000 [2] [a]		 28 battalions
72-90 squadrons[1]
18,000 [2]
Casualties and losses
4,500 killed or wounded, 4,000 captured [4] 4,000 killed or wounded [4]

The Battle of Speyerbach took place on 15 November 1703 during the War of the Spanish Succession, near Speyer in the modern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. A French army commanded by Camille de Tallard defeated an Allied force under Frederick of Hesse.

With the 1703 campaign season nearing its end, in October Tallard besieged Landau, then held by an Imperial garrison. On 13 November, Frederick of Hesse linked up with a smaller force under John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg at Speyer, and the two agreed to march to its relief. Rather than waiting, on 15 November Tallard launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy losses on his opponents.

  1. ^ a b Wijn 1956, p. 364.
  2. ^ a b Lynn 1999, p. 284.
  3. ^ "Allied Army; Battle of Speyerbach 1703" (PDF). USACAC.Army. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b Bodart 1908, p. 134.


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