Battle of Amberg

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Battle of Amberg
Part of the French Revolutionary War
Date 24 August 1796
Location Amberg, Bavaria
Result Austrian victory
Combatants
Flag of France First French Republic Flag of Austrian Empire Austrian Empire
Commanders
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan Archduke Charles
Wilhelm von Wartensleben
Strength
34,000 40,000
Casualties
2,000 400
v • d • e
War of the First Coalition
Verdun – Valmy – Jemappes – 1st Mainz – Neerwinden – Famars – Hondshoote – Wattignies – Kaiserslautern - Tourcoing – Tournay – Ushant – Fleurus – Vosges – 1st Dego – Luxembourg – Genoa – Groix – Hyères – 2nd Mainz – Millesimo – Montenotte – 2nd Dego – Mondovì – Lodi – Castiglione – Neresheim – Amberg – Würzburg – Bassano – Rovereto – Arcole – Rivoli – Neuwied - Camperdown
Revolt in the Vendée – War of the Pyrenees – Anglo–Spanish War

The Battle of Amberg resulted in an Austrian victory under Archduke Charles of Austria against the French under General Jourdan.

Archduke Charles waited until the French generals had penetrated far from their base of operations, left 30,000 men under General Latour to watch Moreau, and hurried north with 27,000 to find Jourdan still pressing Wartensleben near Amberg. Charles struck the French right flank while Wartensleben attacked frontally. The French Army of Sambre-et-Meuse was overcome by weight of numbers and Jourdan retired. Charles went on to defeat both of the French armies in southern Germany and took the last French held stronghold on the east of the Rhine in the first weeks of 1797.

  • Pope, Stephen. The Cassell Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars, Cassell (1999)
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