The Battle of Wiesloch occurred on 3 December 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition

War of the Second Coalition

The "Second Coalition" was the second attempt by European monarchs, led by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria and the Russian Empire, to contain or eliminate Revolutionary France. They formed a new alliance and attempted to roll back France's previous military conquests...

, part of the French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars

The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...

. Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Count Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly

Anton Count Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly

Anton, Count Sztáray de Nagy-Mihály, born 1740, Košice, Slovakia, and died on23.01.1808, Graz, Styria, was a noble of Hungarian descent in the Habsburg military during Austria's Wars with the Ottoman Empire, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars...

 commanded the far right wing protecting the main Austrian army in Swabia, under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of emperor Leopold II and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain...

. With the victory at Wiesloch (on 3 December), Sztáray's force drove the French from the right bank of the Rhine and relieved the fortress at Philippsburg

Philippsburg

Philippsburg is a town in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.-History:Before 1632, Philippsburg was known as "Udenheim".The city was a possession of the Bishop of Speyer from 1371–1718...

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External links

• Wiesloch, Clash of Steel online battle database