Battle of Ettlingen

July 9, 1796 · Ettlingen

Result French victory

Moreau's French army fought Archduke Charles's Austrians near Ettlingen in Baden. Charles then retreated east, and the French advanced into southern Germany.

On the map Contemporaries

France

Coalition

France

Habsburg monarchy

Electorate of Saxony

Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 36,00036,000
Casualties: 2,4002,400
Captured: 400

Strength: 32,00046,000
Casualties: 2,6002,600
Captured: 1,300

Units

Army of the Rhine and Moselle