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Battle of Emmendingen

October 19, 1796 · Battle of Emmendingen

Result Austrian victory

Archduke Charles beat Moreau north of Freiburg and pushed him toward the Rhine.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Coalition

France

Habsburg monarchy

Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander

Michel de Beaupuy military commander

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander

Wilhelm von Wartensleben military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 32,000
Captured: c. 1,800
Guns lost: c. 2

Strength: c. 28,000
Casualties: c. 1,000

Units

Army of the Rhine and Moselle

Austrian army on the Rhine (1796)