Battle of Trippstadt

49°21′33″N 7°46′28″E / 49.35917°N 7.77444°E / 49.35917; 7.77444

Battle of Trippstadt
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date13–17 July 1794
Location
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic French Republic  Prussia
Holy Roman Empire Habsburg Austria
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Claude Michaud
French First Republic René Moreaux
French First Republic Alexandre Taponier
French First Republic Laurent Saint-Cyr
Kingdom of Prussia Wichard Möllendorf
Holy Roman Empire Hohenlohe-Kirchberg
Kingdom of Prussia Prince Hohenlohe
Strength
50,000[1] 70,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Site of the Battle of Trippstadt

The Battle of Trippstadt was a relatively minor French military action in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. The clash between the French Republican forces and the armies of Prussia and Habsburg Austria was fought over several days (13 to 17 July) in the lower Vosges Mountains in the German states west of the Rhine River. Fighting occurred across a wide front and included action in Kaiserslautern, Trippstadt, Schänzel and Neustadt and along the banks of the Speyerbach River.

The battle is also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Vosges, but most documented historical reports, including French- and German-language studies, refer to it as the Battle of Trippstadt. Some studies also mention Platzberg, but few studies call the action the Battle of Vosges.[2]

  1. ^ Phipps (2011), p. 129.
  2. ^ Rickard.