Battle of Trippstadt

Battle of Trippstadt
	Part of the French Revolutionary Wars
Date	13–17 July 1794
Location	Trippstadt, Germany, in the lower Vosges Mountains
Result	French victory
Belligerents
French Republic	Prussia; Habsburg Austria
Commanders and leaders
Claude Michaud; René Moreaux; Alexandre Taponier ; Laurent Saint-Cyr	Wichard Möllendorf; Hohenlohe-Kirchberg; Prince Hohenlohe
Strength
50,000	70,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

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The Battle of Trippstadt was a relatively minor French military action in 1794 during the War of the First Coalition. The clash between the French Republican forces and the armies of Prussia and Habsburg Austria was fought over several days (13 to 17 July) in the lower Vosges Mountains in the German states west of the Rhine River. Fighting occurred across a wide front and included action in Kaiserslautern, Trippstadt, Schänzel and Neustadt and along the banks of the Speyerbach River.

The battle is also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Vosges, but most documented historical reports, including French- and German-language studies, refer to it as the Battle of Trippstadt. Some studies also mention Platzberg, but few studies call the action the Battle of Vosges.

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