✦ History

Part of War of the First Coalition

Battle of Altenkirchen

June 4, 1796 · Altenkirchen

Result French victory

French troops under Kléber defeated an Austrian force under the Duke of Württemberg at Altenkirchen, east of the Rhine.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Habsburg Monarchy

France
Habsburg monarchy
Jean Baptiste Kléber military commander
Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
20,000c. 24,000
Casualties
c. 500
Strength
20,000c. 14,000
Casualties
1,500c. 2,500
Captured
c. 1,500
Guns lost
12c. 12

Units

Army of Sambre-et-Meuse