Second Battle of Wissembourg

Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)
Part of French Revolutionary Wars

Wissembourg in the 17th century
Date26–29 December 1793
Location49°02′18″N 7°56′49″E / 49.0383°N 7.9469°E / 49.0383; 7.9469
Result French victory
Belligerents
French First Republic France Habsburg monarchy Austria
Kingdom of Prussia Prussia
Electorate of Bavaria Electorate of Bavaria
Hesse Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
French First Republic Lazare Hoche
French First Republic Charles Pichegru
Habsburg monarchy Dagobert Wurmser
Kingdom of Prussia Ernst von Rüchel
Electorate of Bavaria Count Minucci
Strength
35,000[1] 38,000
Casualties and losses
500[2] 1,500[2]
21 guns
Second Battle of Wissembourg is located in Europe
Second Battle of Wissembourg
Location within Europe

The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the First French Republic under General Lazare Hoche fight a series of clashes against an army of Austrians, Prussians, Bavarians, and Hessians led by General Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser. There were significant actions at Wœrth on 22 December and Geisberg on 26 and 27 December. In the end, the French forced their opponents to withdraw to the east bank of the Rhine River. The action occurred during the War of the First Coalition phase of the French Revolutionary Wars.

  1. ^ Smith, pp. 65–66
  2. ^ a b Bodart 1908, p. 285.