Battle of Theiningen

Battle of Theiningen
	Part of the War of the First Coalition
	; General Bernadotte Charges the Austrian Center at the Battle of Theiningen
Date	21-22 August 1796
Location	Deining (Theiningen), Germany49°13′N 11°31′E / 49.217°N 11.517°E
Result	Tactical Draw; French Strategic Victory:; Austrians fail to destroy Bernadotte's Division or cut-off the French retreat toward the Rhine
Belligerents
First French Republic	Habsburg monarchy
Commanders and leaders
General of Division Bernadotte (WIA)	Archduke Charles
Strength
9000	28,000
Casualties and losses
Moderate	Moderate
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The Battle of Theiningen took place in Germany on 22–23 August 1796 during the War of the First Coalition. A French division, led by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, repulsed an attempted encirclement, and fought a successful rearguard action, despite being outnumbered three-to-one, against an Austrian army led by Archduke Charles of Austria, allowing the French Army of Sambre and Meuse to retreat toward the Rhine.^[8]

^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.
^ Palmer, Alan (1990). "Bernadotte: Napoleon's Marshal, Sweden's King." P. 33.
^ Wencker-Wildberg, Friedrich (1936). Bernadotte: A Biography. Pp. 58-59.
^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.
^ Ibid.
^ Ibid.
^ Ibid.
^ Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. pp. 145-149

[1] Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.

[2] Palmer, Alan (1990). "Bernadotte: Napoleon's Marshal, Sweden's King." P. 33.

[3] Wencker-Wildberg, Friedrich (1936). Bernadotte: A Biography. Pp. 58-59.

[4] Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. P. 146.

[5] Ibid.

[6] Ibid.

[7] Ibid.

[8] Barton, Dunbar Plunket (1914). Bernadotte: The First Phase. pp. 145-149

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