Battle of Emmendingen | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Battle of Emmendingen


00:01:33 1 Background
00:04:45 1.1 Resumption of fighting: 1796
00:09:30 2 Terrain
00:10:00 3 Dispositions
00:12:07 4 Battle
00:15:36 5 Aftermath
00:17:26 6 Notes, citations and alphabetical listing of resources
00:17:38 6.1 Notes
00:17:46 6.2 Citations
00:17:55 6.3 Alphabetical listing of resources



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SUMMARY
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At the Battle of Emmendingen, on 19 October 1796, the French Army of Rhin-et-Moselle under Jean Victor Marie Moreau fought the First Coalition Army of the Upper Rhine commanded by Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Emmendingen is located on the Elz River in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 9 miles (14 km) north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The action occurred during the War of the First Coalition, the first phase of the larger French Revolutionary Wars.
After a summer of parrying between the two sides, the French were already withdrawing through the Black Forest to the Rhine. In close pursuit, the Austrians forced the French commander to split his force so he could cross the Rhine at three points via the bridges at Kehl, Breisach, and Hüningen. By mid-September, though, the Austrians controlled the approaches to the crossings at Breisach and Kehl. Moreau still wanted half his army to approach the Austrians at Kehl. The rugged terrain at Emmendingen complicated fighting, making it possible for the Habsburg force to snipe at the French troops, and to block any passage toward Kehl; rainy and cold weather further hampered the efforts of both sides, turning streams and rivulets into rushing torrents of water, and making roadways slippery. The fighting was fierce; two generals died in the battle, one from each side.
Habsburg success at Emmendingen forced the French to abandon their plans for a three-pronged, or even a two-pronged, withdrawal.  The French continued their retreat through the Black Forest mountain towns to the south, where the armies fought the Battle of Schliengen five days later.