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Battle of Oberwald
Part of the War of the Second Coalition
Date13–14 August 1799
Location
Oberwald, Switzerland
46°32′0″N 8°21′0″E / 46.53333°N 8.35000°E / 46.53333; 8.35000
Result French victory
Belligerents
France France Holy Roman Empire Austria
Commanders and leaders
France Jean Victor Tharreau Holy Roman Empire Gottfried von Strauch[Note 1]
Strength
12,000 6,000[Note 2]
Casualties and losses
500 3,000 and two cannons

Battle of Oberwald occurred on 13–14 August 1799 between French forces commanded by General of Division Jean Victor Tharreau and elements of Prince Rohan's corps in southern Switzerland. The Austrian regiment was commanded by Colonel Gottfried von Strauch. Both sides engaged approximately 6,000 men. The French lost 500 killed, wounded or missing, and the Austrians lost 3,000 men and two guns.[1] Oberwald is a village in Canton Valais, at the source of the Rhône River, between Grimsel and Furka passes.[2]


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  1. ^ Digby Smith, Napoleonic Wars Data Book, CH:Oberwald. Greenhill Press, 1978, p. 162.
  2. ^ (in German) Bodart, Gaston. Militär-historisches kreigs-lexikon, (1618–1905). Vienna, Stern, 1908, p. 340.

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