Battle of Handschuhsheim

Quand

24 sept. 1795

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

49.43° N, 8.69° E

Description

1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition

Battle of the War of the First Coalition

The Battle of Handschuhsheim or Battle of Heidelberg saw an 8,000-man force from Habsburg Austria under Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich face 12,000 men from the Republican French army led by Georges Joseph Dufour. Thanks to a devastating cavalry charge, the Austrians routed the French with disproportionate losses. The fight occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars.

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