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Battle of Froeschwiller

Battle of Froeschwiller was a battle fought on 18 December 1793 at Frœschwiller, in what is now France; it lasted 4 days. It was part of the War of the First Coalition, which ran from 1792 to 1797. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 25,000 against 15,000.

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Battle of Froeschwiller at 22nd December 1793: victorious charge of the French cavallery (by Frédéric Régamey, 1905)
Battle of Froeschwiller at 22nd December 1793: victorious charge of the French cavallery (by Frédéric Régamey, 1905). Frédéric Régamey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought18 December 1793lasted 4 days
WhereFrœschwiller, France48.944N, 7.723E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsRepublican FranceagainstHabsburg Austria
Casualties and losses1,000and2,000; 16 guns
Part ofWar of the First Coalition1792 to 1797

Where it sits in the War of the First Coalition

Capture of Porrentruy, 1792Battle of Marquain, 1792Battle of Valmy, 1792Siege de Lille, 1792Siege of Mainz, 1792Battle of Jemappes, 1792Battle of Limburg, 1792Siege of Mainz, 1793Childers Incident, 1793Siege of Maastricht, 1793Battle of Aldenhoven (1793), 1793Siege of Condé, 1793Battle of Famars, 1793Siege of Valenciennes, 1793Battle of Arlon, 1793Battle of Caesar's Camp, 1793Siege of Landau, 1793Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1793Siege of Toulon, 1793Battle of Hondschoote, 1793Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec, 1793Battle of Pirmasens, 1793Battles near Rheinweiler and Hüningen, 1793Battle of Méribel, 1793Raid on Genoa, 1793First Battle of Wissembourg, 1793Siege of Fort-Louis, 1793Battle of Gilette, 1793Battle of Friedberg, 1793Battle of Haguenau, 1793Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1793Battle of Froeschwiller, 1793Battle of Wœrth, 1793Second Battle of Wissembourg, 1793Battle of Mainz, 1794Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Rich Boyyz, 1794Battle of La Bombarde, 1794Battle of Le Cateau, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Siege of Landrecies, 1794Second Battle of Saorgio, 1794Battle of Mouscron, 1794Battle at Courtrai, 1794Battle of Grandreng, 1794Battle of Tourcoing, 1794Battle of Erquelinnes, 1794Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1794Battle of Kirrweiler, 1794Battle of Port-Républicain, 1794Battle of Gosselies, 1794Siege of Ypres, 1794Battle of Hooglede, 1794Battle of Lambusart, 1794Battle of Fleurus, 1794Siege of Condé, 1794Siege of Maastricht, 1794Siege of Nijmegen, 1794Siege of Venlo, 1794Battle of Aldenhoven (1794), 1794Battle of Léogane, 1794Battle of Trutier, 1794Battle of Tiburon, 1794Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder, 1795Battle of Mirebalais, 1795Battle of Monte Settepani, 1795Invasion of France, 1795Second Battle of Verrettes, 1795Battle of Petite-Rivière, 1795Battle of Handschuhsheim, 1795Battle of Höchst, 1795Battle of Dondon (1795), 1795Siege of Mannheim, 1795Battle of Pfeddersheim, 1795Battle of Loano, 1795Battle of Millesimo, 1796Second Battle of Dego, 1796Battle of Siegburg, 1796Battle of Altenkirchen, 1796Battle of Wetzlar, 1796Battle of Maudach, 1796Battle of Kircheib, 1796Battle of Kehl, 1796Battle of Ettlingen, 1796Battle of Les Irois, 1796Battle of Neresheim, 1796Battle of Amberg, 1796Battle of Theiningen, 1796Siege of Mantoue, 1796Battle of Würzburg, 1796Battle of Lavis, 1796Battle of Bassano, 1796Battle of Limburg, 1796Battle of Schliengen, 1796Siege of Hüningen, 1796Expédition d'Irlande, 1796Battle of Diersheim, 1797Siege of Kehl, 1797Battle of La Favorite, 1797Siege of Mantua, 1797Battle of Faenza, 1797Battle of Fishguard, 1797Battle of Valvasone, 1797Battle of Jean-Rabel, 1797Battle of Neuwied, 179717921797Battle of Froeschwiller, 1793
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Record

Date18 December 1793
to 22 December 1793
PlaceFrœschwiller, France
48.944N, 7.723E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength25,00015,000
Casualties and losses1,0002,000; 16 guns
Commanders
Battle of FroeschwillerBattle of FroeschwillerBattle of WörthBattle of HaguenauSiege of HagenauLichtenberg SiegeBattle of WissembourgBattle of HaguenauLichtenberg SiegeBattle of WissembourgFrankfurtStuttgartLuxembourgMannheimSaarbrückenWiesbadenMetzNancy100 km48.944N, 7.723E
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Battle of Froeschwiller is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16837865, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Froeschwiller (1793), revision 1370441127, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.