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Battle of Pirmasens

September 14, 1793 · Pirmasens

Result Prussian victory

A Prussian army under the Duke of Brunswick defeated a French attack at Pirmasens in the Palatinate.

On the map Contemporaries

Kingdom of Prussia

French First Republic

Kingdom of Prussia

France

Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: c. 8,000
Guns: c. 58

Strength: c. 34,000
Casualties: c. 3,100
Captured: c. 1,900
Guns: c. 36
Guns lost: c. 20