Rhine campaign of 1713

Rhine campaign of 1713
Part of the War of the Spanish Succession

A portrait of Claude de Villars
DateMay – November 1713
Location
Result

French victory[1]

Belligerents
 France Austria
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of France Claude de Villars
Kingdom of France Marquis de Bezons
Kingdom of France Arthur Dillon
Habsburg monarchy Eugene of Savoy
Habsburg monarchy Duke of Württemberg
Strength
240 infantry battalions
300 cavalry squadrons
85 infantry battalions
115 cavalry squadrons

The Rhine campaign of 1713 was a successful French military campaign against the Holy Roman Empire, the sole remaining member of the once-formidable Grand Alliance which had refused to make peace with France. The campaign, which did not result in any pitched battles, ended with French forces besieging and capturing the fortified cities of Landau and Freiburg im Breisgau, which exposed the Palatinate, Württemberg and Swabia to French occupation and compelled the Emperor to sue for peace.

  1. ^ (Lynn 1999, p. 357)