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Battle of Messkirch

Battle of Messkirch was a battle fought on 5 May 1800 at Meßkirch, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 52,000 against 48,000.

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Church of St. Peter- und Paul in Meßkirch-Rohrdorf Votivimage about the Battle of Messkirch
Church of St. Peter- und Paul in Meßkirch-Rohrdorf Votivimage about the Battle of Messkirch. painter unknown photographer: Manuel Heinemann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought5 May 1800
WhereMeßkirch, Germany47.993N, 9.113E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsRepublican FranceagainstHabsburg Austria
Casualties and losses3,000 killed or woundedand2,400 killed or wounded; 1,600 captured
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition1798 to 1802

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

Action of 15 July 1798, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798Siege of Butrint, 1798Battle of Nicopolis, 1798Siege of Corfu, 1798Battle of Trebbia, 1799Siege of Ancona, 1799Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Feldkirch, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Siege of Mantua, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Battle of Cassano, 1799Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799Battle of Winterthur, 1799First Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Modena, 1799Siege of Alessandria, 1799Battle of Oberwald, 1799Battle of Schwyz, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Battle of Obrigheim, 1799Battle of Wiesloch, 1799Battle of Walserfeld, 1800Battle of Sassello, 1800Siege of Genoa, 1800Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800Battle of Stockach, 1800Battle of Engen, 1800Battle of Messkirch, 1800Battle of Erbach, 1800Battle of Montebello, 1800Battle of Höchstädt, 1800Battle of Neuburg, 1800Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800Battle of Pozzolo, 1800Battle of Copenhagen, 1801First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Suriname, 180417981804Battle of Messkirch, 1800
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Record

Date5 May 1800
PlaceMeßkirch, Germany
47.993N, 9.113E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength52,00048,000
Casualties and losses3,000 killed or wounded2,400 killed or wounded; 1,600 captured
Commanders
Battle of MesskirchBattle of MesskirchBattle of OstrachBattle of TuttlingenBattle of EngenBattle of Lake ConstanceBattle of MöerskirchBattle of TuttlingenBattle of EngenBattle of Lake ConstanceBattle of MöerskirchBernStuttgartStrasbourgBaselLuzernMulhouseUlmIngolstadt100 km47.993N, 9.113E
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FR ARMYDefender: AUS ARMY
Strength60,00060,000
Casualties4,000 (6.7%)5,000 (8.3%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1054
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days
Front width16 km16 km
Attacker advanced1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 114), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Messkirch 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 Q475544, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Messkirch, revision 1370269396, 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.