siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Siege of Mannheim
Siege of Mannheim was a siege conducted on 18 October 1795 at Mannheim, 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: 12,000 against 17,000.
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Record
| Date | 18 October 1795 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Mannheim, Germany 49.489N, 8.469E | |
| Part of | War of the First Coalition (1792 to 1797) | |
| Kind | Siege, Revolutionary and Napoleonic | |
| Result | Austrian victory | |
| Belligerents | French First Republic | Habsburg Austria |
| Commanders | Jean-Charles Pichegru; Charles Montaigu | Graf von Wurmser; Peter Duka von Kadar |
| Strength | 12,000 | 17,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 2,000, 3 guns | 709 |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Seckenheim 1462, same recorded site
- Battle of Mannheim 1799, same recorded site
- Capture of Mannheim 1622, 0.6 km
- Battle of Ludwigshafen 1849, 1.7 km
- Battle of Maudach 1796, 7.5 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Dondon (1795) 14 October 1795
- After: Battle of Pfeddersheim 10 November 1795
- All 102 engagements of War of the First Coalition
Elsewhere in 1795
- Battle of Krtsanisi Georgia
- Battle of Groix France
- Battle of Genoa Italy
- Battle of Hyères Islands France
- Battle of Kharda India
Siege of Mannheim is one of 1,496 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 395 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16894607, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Action at Mannheim (1795), revision 1381072566, 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.