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Battle of Friedberg
Part of theFrench Revolutionary Wars
Date 24 August 1796 Location Friedberg, Bavaria,Germany Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Habsburg Austria
Commanders and leaders
Jean Moreau	Count Latour Prince of Condé
Units involved
Army of Rhin-et-Moselle	Army of the Upper Rhine Army of Condé
Strength
59,000	30,288 5,000–6,000
Casualties and losses
400	1,800, 17 guns

TheBattle of Friedberg was fought on 24 August 1796 between aFirst French Republic army led byJean Victor Marie Moreau and aHabsburg Austrian army led byMaximilian Anton Karl, Count Baillet de Latour. The French army, which was advancing eastward on the south side of theDanube, managed to catch an isolated Austrian infantry regiment. In the ensuing combat, the Austrians were cut to pieces. Friedberg is aBavarian town located on theLech River nearAugsburg. The action was fought during theWar of the First Coalition.

Two French armies crossed theRhine and thrust east into Germany in theRhine Campaign of 1796.Jean-Baptiste Jourdan'sArmy of Sambre-et-Meuse advanced on a more northerly route while Moreau'sArmy of Rhin-et-Moselle took a more southerly path. Opposing them wereWilhelm von Wartensleben's Army of the Lower Rhine and Latour's Army of the Upper Rhine, both under the overall direction ofArchduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Moreau defeated Charles at the battles ofEttlingen on 9 July andNeresheim on 11 August.

As the outnumbered Austrians retreated, Charles looked for a chance to throw a superior force against one of the French armies. That opportunity came in late August when a cavalry brigadierFriedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf reported an opening. Leaving Latour's army severely weakened, the archduke rapidly marched north with 27,000 troops to join with Wartensleben in defeating Jourdan at theBattle of Amberg on 24 August. Unaware of Charles' maneuver, Moreau forged ahead and smashed the isolatedSchröder Infantry Regiment Nr. 7 at Friedberg. Unfortunately for Moreau, Jourdan's drubbing at Amberg and a second defeat atWürzburg ruined the French offensive. By the beginning of September, the increasingly isolated Moreau was compelled to retrace his steps toward France.

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