49°21′33″N 7°46′28″E / 49.35917°N 7.77444°E
Battle of Trippstadt | |||||||
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Part of the French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
French Republic |
Prussia Habsburg Austria | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Claude Michaud René Moreaux Alexandre Taponier Laurent Saint-Cyr |
Wichard Möllendorf Hohenlohe-Kirchberg Prince Hohenlohe | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
50,000[1] | 70,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
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]