Battle of Wiesloch (1799) explained

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.

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  1. Web site: On this day in history, December 3 . 2014 Cox Television Tulsa, LLC . 21 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321025352/http://www.fox23.com/news/history/story/On-this-day-in-history-December-3/gHYwhAIFZEKD7tHivBJCYg.cspx . 21 March 2014 .