| Battle of Mainz | |||||||
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| Part of the French Revolutionary War | |||||||
.jpg) Reconnaissance during the French siege of Mainz, 1795 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First French Republic |
 Habsburg Austria |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| François Ignace Schaal | Count Clerfayt | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 33,000 | ca 27,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 3,000 killed or wounded, 1,800 captured, 138 cannons lost |
1,400 killed or wounded, 200 captured |
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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
- François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt
- Jean Baptiste Kléber
- Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr
- Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor
- Adam Albert von Neipperg
- Antoine Christophe Merlin
- Auguste de Marmont
- Charles XIV John of Sweden
- Franz von Weyrother
- François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat
- François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers
- Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle
- Joseph Marie, Count Dessaix
- Nicolas-Jacques Conté
- Paul Louis Courier
- Armée de Mayence
Military units
References
- Smith, D. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. Greenhill Books, 1998.
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