Action at Mannheim (1795)
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The action at Mannheim began in April 1795 when two French armies crossed the Rhine and converged on the confluence of the Main and the Rhine. Initial action at Mannheim resulted in a minor skirmish,
View of Mannheim in the 18th century
Siege of Mannheim
Battle of Mainz
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The Battle of Mainz saw a Habsburg Austrian army led by Field Marshal François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt launch a surprise assault against four divisions belonging to the Fr
Action at Mannheim (1795)
…on the west side of the Rhine. With Jourdan temporarily quiescent, the Austrians defeated the left wing of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle at the Battle of Mainz: 17,000 Coalition troops, commanded by Wurmser, engaged 12,000 Republican French soldiers at Mannheim, commanded by Pichegru. These troops were encamped…
Reconnaissance during the French siege of Mainz, 1795
Strategic Situation of Europe 1796