Second Battle of Wissembourg

Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Wissembourg in the 17th century
Date 26–29 December 1793 Location Wissembourg, Bas-Rhin, France 49°02′18″N 7°56′49″E / 49.0383°N 7.9469°E / 49.0383; 7.9469 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Austria Prussia Electorate of Bavaria Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Lazare Hoche Charles Pichegru	Dagobert Wurmser Ernst von Rüchel Count Minucci
Strength
35,000[1]	38,000
Casualties and losses
500[2]	1,500[2] 21 guns
class=notpageimage| Location within Europe

The Second Battle of Wissembourg from 26 December 1793 to 29 December 1793 saw an army of the First French Republic under General Lazare Hoche fight a series of clashes against an army of Austrians, Prussians, Bavarians, and Hessians led by General Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser. There were significant actions at Wœrth on 22 December and Geisberg on 26 and 27 December. In the end, the French forced their opponents to withdraw to the east bank of the Rhine River. The action occurred during the War of the First Coalition phase of the French Revolutionary Wars.