Battle of Amberg
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The Battle of Amberg was a confrontation during the First Coalition War, the French Revolutionary troops and imperial- Austrian forces faced each other. It took place on August 24, 1796 instead northwest of the capital of Upper Palatinate government Amberg and ended with the defeat of the French units.
Background
In the summer of 1796 the French Directory had set two French armies on the march, the Sambre and Meuse army under the command of Upper General Jean -Baptiste Jourdan and the Rhine-Moselle army under the command of Upper General Jean -Victor Moreau to an invasion right side of the Rhine, and southern Germany. After their union they should penetrate directly from here in the Austrian heartland and unite there with another French army which operated under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte in northern Italy.
Due to the defeats and rearguard actions of the Sambre and Meuse army to the Rhine-Moselle army had to retreat back under the pressure of Austrian supremacy. In 1797, these two armies merged to Germany Army.
Troop strength
Lineups troops on August 22, 1796
- Austrian troops in the upper Palatinate
- Feldzeugmeister Wartensleben on the River Naab between the Schwarzbach and Schwandorf, then the detachments at Ross Main, Regensburg, Tasswang etc.
- 39 battalions and 105 squadrons = 34,000 man
- Archduke Carl moving in on Neumarkt,
- 28 battalions and 56 squadrons = 28,000
- Sambre and Meuse Army
- Upper General Jean Baptiste Jourdan at the Naab between Naabburg and Schwandorf
- Four divisions and a cavalry division = 36,000 men
- General Bernadotte at Neumarkt
- A division = 9,000 men
Battle
The commanded by Jourdan Sambre -Meuse army had advanced to mid-August until the Upper Palatinate, and had delivered a victorious battle with the retreating Austrian troops on August 17, at Sulzbach- Rosenberg. After their defeat, this attracted initially to the east behind the Naab. As another Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria zoom marched from the south, the French troops were attacked by these two regiments and a battle took place at Amberg. The focus of the fighting was mainly on the Sünderbühl, a small hill south of the hamlet Witzlhof Popp judge.
Follow
After the defeat suffered at Amberg, the French troops moved back in a northwesterly direction. On 3 September it came to Würzburg with the pursuing Austrian army to the Battle of Würzburg, and this could also decide in their favor. This was followed on 16 September, the Battle of Limburg. After the French put under huge losses continued their retreat to Dusseldorf, where Jourdan finally resigned his command.