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Battle of Biberach (1796)

October 2, 1796 · Battle of Biberach (1796)

Result French victory

Moreau, retreating from Bavaria, turned on Latour's pursuing Austrians in Swabia.

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France

Coalition

France

Habsburg monarchy

Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander

Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 35,000–39,000c. 36,000

Strength: c. 23,000
Casualties: c. 4,300
Captured: c. 4,000
Guns lost: c. 18

Units

Army of the Rhine and Moselle

Latour's Army of the Upper Rhine (1796)