Battle at Hochheim

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Battle at Hochheim
Map of the siege of Mainz (1793). The "Kippel" (hill) in the direction of fortress Cassel (Mainz-Kastel), the courtyards and the thunder mill are clearly visible on it. Fort Montebello was not built until 1805 to 1813.
Map of the siege of Mainz (1793) . The "Kippel" (hill) in the direction of fortress Cassel (Mainz-Kastel) , the courtyards and the thunder mill are clearly visible on it. The Fort Montebello was only built from 1805 to 1813.
date November 9, 1813
place Hochheim am Main
output Allied victory
Parties to the conflict

France 1804First empire France

Prussia KingdomKingdom of Prussia Prussia Russia Austria
Russian Empire 1721Russian Empire 
Austrian EmpireEmpire of Austria 

losses

1,800 of
them:
775 dead,
825 prisoners,
(including 25 officers),
4 artillery pieces, 1 flag, 4 ammunition carts, 5 powder carts, 500 rifles, 2000 bulwarks

212 dead and wounded of
them:
2 dead and 9 wounded officers

Battles of the Wars of Liberation (1813-1815)

The battle near Hochheim took place during the Wars of Liberation on November 9th, 1813 near Hochheim am Main . It ended with the defeat of the French army and their hasty retreat to Kostheim , the Mainz fortress and the Montebello fort .

course

The 4th Corps of the French Army under General Henri-Gatien Bertrand had occupied Hochheim am Main with about 2000 men and 20 cannons and built entrenchments on the so-called "Kippel" ( hill ) in the direction of Mainz-Kastel .

On the orders of the commander in chief of the armed forces allied against Napoleon , Prince Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg , this was attacked by General Ignác Gyulay on November 9, 1813. General Gyulay himself led an association on Hochheim, another field marshal lieutenant Alois Gonzaga von Liechtenstein via Massenheim and the nearby courtyards (north of the Hochheimer Warte, which was destroyed by the French in 1799 ). These troop movements were covered by cavalry units , namely a forward trot under Count Ferdinand von Bubna and Littitz , which combined both infantry movements and reserve armed forces under Field Marshal Lieutenant Moritz von Liechtenstein , which followed via Massenheim. Two Croatian border battalions ( Warasdinder St. Georger Regiment) and a battalion of line infantry advanced unnoticed via Flörsheim am Main below the stone mill .

When Alois Gonzaga von Liechtenstein's unit arrived, three cannon shots gave the signal for General Gyulay to advance on Hochheim, which was fired at from three sides by the Austrian artillery. Two battalions advanced and took the entrenchments in front of the city without firing a shot, capturing two cannons and a flag. The battalions pursued the retreating French, stormed two city gates of Hochheim and took 800 men and 25 officers prisoner. At the same time, the cavalry under Bubna and von Liechtenstein attacked the French on the "Kippel".

The French then left the entrenchments they had begun and hurriedly retreated to Mainz-Kastel with considerable losses. During the pursuit, a squadron captured two more cannons under von Rosenberg. The French had to withdraw to the other side of the Rhine or to the fortresses on the Rhine.

source

  • Relation to the capture of the entrenched post of Hochheim am Main on November 9th, 1813 . Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1814 ( google.de ).
  • Theodor Schüler: History of the City of Hochheim a. Main . Local history and tourist association, 1984.

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