Battle of Mainz

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Battle of Mainz
Part of the French Revolutionary War
Reconnaissance during the French siege of Mainz, 1795
Date 29 October 1795 Location Mainz, present-day Germany Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
First French Republic	Habsburg Austria
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

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.

[edit] People involved

• Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

[edit] References

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

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