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Battle of Maudach
Part of War of the First Coalition
Date15 June 1796
Location
Maudach, Germany
49°27′15″N 8°22′46″E / 49.45417°N 8.37944°E / 49.45417; 8.37944
Result French victory
Belligerents
France Republican France Habsburg monarchy Habsburg Austria
Commanders and leaders
France Louis Desaix Habsburg monarchy Franz Petrasch
Units involved
France Army of Sambre-et-Meuse Habsburg monarchy Army of the Lower Rhine
Strength
27,000 infantry
3,000 cavalry
11,000 infantry and cavalry
Casualties and losses
600 1,800 killed wounded and missing

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.

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