Battle of Kircheib
Battle of Kircheib was a battle fought on 19 June 1796 at Kircheib, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the First Coalition, which ran from 1792 to 1797. The recorded result: Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 24,000 against 14,000.
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Fought 19 June 1796
Where Kircheib, Germany 50.705N, 7.428E
Outcome Austrian victory
Belligerents France against Austria
Casualties and losses 1,500 and 400
Where it sits in the War of the First Coalition Capture of Porrentruy, 1792 Battle of Marquain, 1792 Battle of Valmy, 1792 Siege de Lille, 1792 Siege of Mainz, 1792 Battle of Jemappes, 1792 Battle of Limburg, 1792 Siege of Mainz, 1793 Childers Incident, 1793 Siege of Maastricht, 1793 Battle of Aldenhoven (1793), 1793 Siege of Condé, 1793 Battle of Famars, 1793 Siege of Valenciennes, 1793 Battle of Arlon, 1793 Battle of Caesar's Camp, 1793 Siege of Landau, 1793 Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1793 Siege of Toulon, 1793 Battle of Hondschoote, 1793 Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec, 1793 Battle of Pirmasens, 1793 Battles near Rheinweiler and Hüningen, 1793 Battle of Méribel, 1793 Raid on Genoa, 1793 First Battle of Wissembourg, 1793 Siege of Fort-Louis, 1793 Battle of Gilette, 1793 Battle of Friedberg, 1793 Battle of Haguenau, 1793 Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1793 Battle of Froeschwiller, 1793 Battle of Wœrth, 1793 Second Battle of Wissembourg, 1793 Battle of Mainz, 1794 Siege of Le Quesnoy, 1794 Battle of Tiburon, 1794 Rich Boyyz, 1794 Battle of La Bombarde, 1794 Battle of Le Cateau, 1794 Battle of Tiburon, 1794 Siege of Landrecies, 1794 Second Battle of Saorgio, 1794 Battle of Mouscron, 1794 Battle at Courtrai, 1794 Battle of Grandreng, 1794 Battle of Tourcoing, 1794 Battle of Erquelinnes, 1794 Battle of Kaiserslautern, 1794 Battle of Kirrweiler, 1794 Battle of Port-Républicain, 1794 Battle of Gosselies, 1794 Siege of Ypres, 1794 Battle of Hooglede, 1794 Battle of Lambusart, 1794 Battle of Fleurus, 1794 Siege of Condé, 1794 Siege of Maastricht, 1794 Siege of Nijmegen, 1794 Siege of Venlo, 1794 Battle of Aldenhoven (1794), 1794 Battle of Léogane, 1794 Battle of Trutier, 1794 Battle of Tiburon, 1794 Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder, 1795 Battle of Mirebalais, 1795 Battle of Monte Settepani, 1795 Invasion of France, 1795 Second Battle of Verrettes, 1795 Battle of Petite-Rivière, 1795 Battle of Handschuhsheim, 1795 Battle of Höchst, 1795 Battle of Dondon (1795), 1795 Siege of Mannheim, 1795 Battle of Pfeddersheim, 1795 Battle of Loano, 1795 Battle of Millesimo, 1796 Second Battle of Dego, 1796 Battle of Siegburg, 1796 Battle of Altenkirchen, 1796 Battle of Wetzlar, 1796 Battle of Maudach, 1796 Battle of Kircheib, 1796 Battle of Kehl, 1796 Battle of Ettlingen, 1796 Battle of Les Irois, 1796 Battle of Neresheim, 1796 Battle of Amberg, 1796 Battle of Theiningen, 1796 Siege of Mantoue, 1796 Battle of Würzburg, 1796 Battle of Lavis, 1796 Battle of Bassano, 1796 Battle of Limburg, 1796 Battle of Schliengen, 1796 Siege of Hüningen, 1796 Expédition d'Irlande, 1796 Battle of Diersheim, 1797 Siege of Kehl, 1797 Battle of La Favorite, 1797 Siege of Mantua, 1797 Battle of Faenza, 1797 Battle of Fishguard, 1797 Battle of Valvasone, 1797 Battle of Jean-Rabel, 1797 Battle of Neuwied, 1797 1792 1797 Battle of Kircheib, 1796 106 placed engagements of the War of the First Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 19 June 1796 Place Kircheib, Germany50.705N, 7.428E Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Strength 24,000 14,000 Casualties and losses 1,500 400 Commanders
Battle of Kircheib Battle of Kircheib Battle of Altenkirchen Battle of Remagen Siege of Godesberg Siege of Bonn in 1673 Siege of Bonn Battle of Remagen Siege of Bonn in 1673 Frankfurt Cologne Luxembourg Mannheim Düsseldorf Wiesbaden Koblenz Würzburg 100 km 50.705N, 7.428E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Battle of Kircheib is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2237543 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kircheib , revision 1375545841, 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.
