Battle of Maudach
The Battle of Maudach occurred on 15 June 1796 between the French Revolutionary Army and the Army of the First Coalition. This was the opening action of the Rhine Campaign of 1796 on the Upper Rhine, slightly north of the town of Kehl. The Coalition, commanded by Franz Petrasch, lost 10 percent of its manpower missing, killed or wounded. It was fought at the village of Maudach, southwest of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine river opposite Mannheim. Maudach lies 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Speyer and today is a southwest suburb of Ludwigshafen; a principal town on the Rhine river in 1796.
| Battle of Maudach | |||||||
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| Part of War of the First Coalition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Republican France | Habsburg Austria | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Louis Desaix | Franz Petrasch | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Army of Sambre-et-Meuse | Army of the Lower Rhine | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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27,000 infantry 3,000 cavalry | 11,000 infantry and cavalry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 600 | 1,800 killed wounded and missing | ||||||
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