Conflict: | Battle of Wiesloch (1799) |
Partof: | War of the Second Coalition |
Date: | 3 December 1799 |
Place: | Wiesloch |
Result: | Austrian victory |
Combatant1: | Austria |
Combatant2: | France |
Commander1: | Count Anton Sztáray |
Commander2: | Claude Lecourbe |
Strength1: | 5,000 |
Strength2: | 17,000 |
Casualties1: | 500 (10%) |
Casualties2: | 1,500 (8.82%) |
The Battle of Wiesloch (German: [[:de:Schlacht bei Wiesloch#Zweiter Koalitionskrieg|Schlacht bei Wiesloch]]) occurred on 3 December 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.[1] Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Count Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly commanded the far right wing protecting the main Austrian army in Swabia, under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. With the victory at Wiesloch (on 3 December), Sztáray's force drove the French from the right bank of the Rhine and relieved the fortress at Philippsburg.