Battle of Wiesloch (1799)

Ostrach - Feldkirch - Stockach I - Magnano - Adda - Cassano - Zurich I - Trebbia - Mantua - Novi - Zurich II - Bergen - Egmont - Genola - Wiesloch - Genoa - Stockach II - Meßkirch - Montebello - Marengo - Hochstadt - Hohenlinden - Mincio - Copenhagen - Algeciras I - Algeciras II

(Also called the meeting to Wiesloch or Battle of Wiesloch ) The Battle of Wiesloch took place during the Second Coalition war on 3 December 1799.

The background was the battle for the besieged by the French and repeatedly besieged fortress Phillipsburg. The relief army under the Austrian Field Marshal Lieutenant Anton Sztáray de Nagy- Mihaly had been reinforced so that they now had about 15,000 men. On the first of December, he was able to break through the enemy positions and to relieve the fourth time Philip Castle.

On the second of December, the French were forced back further. They tried to keep the place Wiesloch on the third of December. In a first attack of the enemy they were driven out of the place, but it could take. In a second assault the Imperial could take the place permanently. On strengthening resistance renounced the French, because they saw the retreat reached their destination, the coverage of the right wing of their main army. The French army withdrew from the right bank of the Rhine and this ended their siege of the fortress of Phillipsburg.