✦ History

Part of War of the Spanish Succession

First Battle of Höchstädt

September 20, 1703 · Höchstädt an der Donau, Bavaria

Result Franco-Bavarian victory

Villars's Franco-Bavarian force defeated an Imperial army under Limburg Stirum on the Danube in Bavaria.

On the map Contemporaries

Holy Roman Empire

France

Holy Roman Empire
France
Electorate of Bavaria
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg military commander Leopold I of Anhalt-Dessau military commander Hermann Otto II of Limburg Stirum military commander
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, 1st Duke of Villars military commander Maximilian II Emanuel military commander Jean Baptist, Comte d'Arco military commander