Battle of Mainz

Battle of Mainz

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Mainz
partof=the French Revolutionary War
campaign=


caption= Reconnaissance during the French siege of Mainz, 1795
date=29 October, 1795
place=Mainz, present-day Germany
result=Austrian victory
combatant1=flagicon|France First French Republic
combatant2=flagicon|Habsburg Monarchy Habsburg Austria
commander1=François Ignace Schaal
commander2=Count Clerfayt
strength1=33,000
strength2=ca 27,000
casualties1=3,000 killed or wounded,
1,800 captured,
138 cannons lost
casualties2=1,400 killed or wounded,
200 captured

The Battle of Mainz was fought on 29 October, 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between France and Austria. The battle was fought near the city of Mainz now in western Germany and ended in an Austrian victory.

People involved

*Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

References

* Smith, D. "The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book". Greenhill Books, 1998.


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