Second battle near Stockach
| date | May 3, 1800 |
|---|---|
| place | Stockach |
| output | French victory |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
| Commander | |
| Troop strength | |
| 28,000 | 12,000 |
| losses | |
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1147 fallen, 1884 wounded, 3862 prisoners (total number for the two parallel battles of Engen and Stockach) |
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Ostrach - Feldkirch - Stockach I - Verona - Magnano - Cassano d'Adda - Frauenfeld - Winterthur - Zurich I - Trebbia - Mantua - Novi - Vlieter - Bergen - Zurich II - Muotatal - Egmont - Genola - Wiesloch - Genoa - Stockach II - Engen - Meßkirch - Biberach II - Montebello - Marengo - Höchstädt - Oberhausen - Hohenlinden - Walserfeld - Pozzolo - Copenhagen - Algeciras I - Algeciras II
The Second Battle of Stockach took place on May 3, 1800 in and around Stockach , between the French army commanded by Lecourbe and the Austrian army commanded by the Prince of Lorraine-Vaudémont. It ended in a French victory.
prehistory
Between April 25 and 28, 1800, the French army of around 120,000 men commanded by Moreau crossed the Rhine to line up for battle between the Danube and Lake Constance . Opposite her was the Austrian army commanded by Paul Kray, which awaited the French at Engen . The right wing of Moreau under General Lecourbe, advancing over Singen and Hohentwiel, comprised 31 battalions and 23 squadrons with around 28,000 men:
- Vandamme division with 9,630 men and 540 riders
- Montrichard division with 6990 men
- Lorge division with 8,200 men and 460 riders
- Nansouty division with 1,500 men and 1,280 riders
Course of the battle
While Moreau was fighting near Engen, Lecourbe surprised the left wing of the Austrians commanded by Vaudémont early in the morning at 7 o'clock when they wanted to catch up with Kray. The cavalry of General Nansouty first encountered the outposts of Prince Vaudemont at Steißlingen and threw them back as far as Stockach. Lieutenant General Lecourbe had his Montrichard division advance directly on Stockach, Vandamme division covering the right wing and Lorge division covering the left wing. Vaudemont's troops were attacked at the same time on the village line Steißlingen, Wahlwies and Bodman , thrown down and pursued by the cavalry Nansoutys. When the French 84th Half-Brigade got the enemy in the rear, the Austrian retreat degenerated into flight.
output
Attacked on all sides and separated from Kray's army, Vaudémont ordered the retreat to Messkirch . He left between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners, several cannons, and considerable supplies that fell into the hands of the French.
literature
- Roland Kessinger, Werner Schütz: The revolution is near! - A military history of Hegau from 1792 to 1801. Konstanz 2000, ISBN 3-921413-69-9 , pp. 188-200.