Battle of Höchst (1795)
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At the Battle of Höchst, the Habsburg Austrian army commanded by François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt outmaneuvered the French Republican Army of Sambre-et-Meuse commanded by
Jean Baptiste Kléber
Jean Baptiste Jourdan
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,
Battle of Höchst (1795)
…After being repulsed at Höchst, the French withdrew northward, eventually abandoning the east bank of the Rhine altogether. The next actions were the Siege of Mannheim, on 19 October, and the Battle of Mainz on 29 October. In the fall of 1795, the French Directory ordered General of Division Jean-Baptiste Jourdan with…
View of Mannheim in the 18th century
Siege of Mannheim