Second Battle of Wissembourg
| Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) | |||||||
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| Part of French Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
Wissembourg in the 17th century | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France |
Austria Prussia Electorate of Bavaria Hesse-Kassel | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lazare Hoche Charles Pichegru |
Dagobert Wurmser Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Ernst von Rüchel Count Minucci | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 35,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 |
1,500 21 guns | ||||||
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 two generals, namely, the Austrian Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser and the Prussian Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. 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.