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
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