What the records say
- When
- 9 Jan 1797
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 48.57° N, 7.81° E
- Description
- part of the Rhine Campaign of 1796 during the War of the First Coalition
Siege of Kehl (1796–1797)
War of the First Coalition siege in the Rhine
The siege of Kehl lasted from 26 October 1796 to 9 January 1797. Habsburg and Württemberg regulars numbering 40,000, under the command of Maximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour, besieged and captured the French-controlled fortifications at the village of Kehl in the German state of Baden-Durlach.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Kehl par les Autrichiens du général Baillet de Latour après 48 jours de tranchée ouverte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “26 октября 1796—9 января 1797 — осада Келя”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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