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Battle of Wœrth (1793)

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The Battle of Woerth was fought on December 23, 1793, and resulted the victory of the French under General Louis Hoche against the Prussians under General Friedrich Freiherr von Hoetze. The Prussians' redoubts were taken at bayonet by the French soldiers.[1]

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  1. ^ Journal of the Military Service Institution of the United States Military Service Institution of the United States, Theophilus Francis Rodenbough - 1883 - At the battle of Woerth the French cavalry attempted a similar feat, which resulted in nothing but its own destruction. These two cases must be examined in some detail ; the data are taken from the German official history of the war. A.t the battle of Woerth" the French army, numbering about 45,000 men, under MacMahon, occupied a strong position on hills to the west of the Sauerbrook. The advance guard of the Third German Army, numbering about 90,000 men, under the Crown ...

48°23′00″N 7°38′00″E / 48.3833°N 7.63333°E / 48.3833; 7.63333