First Battle of Wissembourg

Name: First Battle of Wissembourg
Start: 1793-10-13

13 Oct 1793 · 49.04° N, 7.95° E

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When: 13 Oct 1793
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 49.04° N, 7.95° E
Description: 1793 battle during the War of the First Coalition

First Battle of Wissembourg

Part of the War of the First Coalition

In the First Battle of Wissembourg an Allied army commanded by Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser attacked the French Army of the Rhine under Jean Pascal Carlenc. After an ineffectual resistance, the French army abandoned its fortified line behind the Lauter River and retreated toward Strasbourg in confusion.

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Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “первое сражение при Висамбуре”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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War of the First Coalition20 Apr 1792 · War

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