What the records say
- When
- 27 Nov 1796 – 5 Feb 1797
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 47.59° N, 7.58° E
- Description
- 1796 siege, part of the War of the First Coalition in the French Revolutionary Wars
Siege of Hüningen (1796–1797)
Part of the War of the First Coalition in the French Revolutionary Wars
In the siege of Hüningen, the Austrians captured the city from the French. Hüningen is in the present-day Department of Haut-Rhin, France. Its fortress lay approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of the Swiss city of Basel and .5 miles (0.80 km) north of the spot where the present-day borders of Germany, France and Switzerland meet.
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