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| − | {{About|the siege in 1793|the siege in 1702|Siege of Landau (1702)}} |
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| − | {{Infobox Military Conflict |
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| − | |conflict=Siege of Landau (1793) |
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| − | |partof=[[War of the First Coalition]] |
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| − | |date=20 August–23 December 1793 |
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| − | |place=[[Landau]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]] |
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| − | |result=French victory |
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| − | |combatant1={{flagicon|France}} [[First French Republic|Republican France]] |
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| − | |combatant2={{flagicon|Prussia|1750}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]] |
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| − | |commander1={{flagicon|France}} Joseph Laubadère |
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| − | |commander2={{flagicon|Prussia|1750}} [[Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen|Prince Hohenlohe]] |
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| − | |strength1=3,800 |
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| − | |strength2=25 battalions |
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| − | {{Campaignbox Rhine Campaign of 1793-94}} |
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| − | {{Campaignbox First Coalition}} |
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| − | The '''Siege of Landau''' (20 August–23 December 1793) saw a corps from the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] commanded by [[Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen]] lay siege to a 3,800-man [[First French Republic|French Republican]] garrison led by Joseph Marie Tennet de Laubadère. Since the Prussians lacked siege cannons, they tried to starve the French defenders into surrender by blockading the city. In late December, the French ''[[Army of the Moselle]]'' under [[Lazare Hoche]] and ''[[Army of the Rhine (France)|Army of the Rhine]]'' under [[Jean-Charles Pichegru]] defeated the Coalition armies opposed to them, forcing the Prussians to raise the [[War of the First Coalition]] siege. [[Landau]] is located {{convert|49|km|mi|0}} southwest of [[Mannheim]]. |
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| + | The '''Siege of Landau''' may refer to any of several sieges of the fortress city of [[Landau]], located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: |
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| − | Almost two months after Landau was surrounded, the Coalition army won a victory in the [[First Battle of Wissembourg (1793)|First Battle of Wissembourg]], driving the ''Army of the Rhine'' deep into [[Alsace]]. The French government placed a priority on relieving Landau, so Pichegru's army began a sustained offensive against [[Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser]]'s Coalition army in the [[Battle of Haguenau (1793)|Battle of Haguenau]]. The effort finally succeeded when Hoche's army outflanked Wurmser in the [[Battle of Froeschwiller]] and then the combined French armies won the [[Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)|Second Battle of Wissembourg]] over Wurmser and [[Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] in late December. |
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| + | * [[Siege of Landau (1702)]], during the War of the Spanish Succession |
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| + | * [[Siege of Landau (1703)]], during the War of the Spanish Succession |
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| + | * [[Siege of Landau (1704)]], during the War of the Spanish Succession |
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| + | * [[Siege of Landau (1713)]], during the War of the Spanish Succession |
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| − | ==Forces== |
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| − | Joseph Marie Tennet de Laubadère commanded the 3,800-strong French garrison of [[Landau]]. The force included one battalion each of the 3rd and 55th Line Infantry Regiments, the 2nd Battalion of the ''Seine-et-Marne'' [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]] and two squadrons each of the 22nd Cavalry and 3rd [[Hussar]] Regiments. To oppose the defenders, [[Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen]] led 25 Prussian battalions supported by 40 6-pounder field cannons. Hohenlohe's force consisted of three battalions each of Infantry Regiments ''Thadden'' Nr. 3, ''Mansten'' Nr. 9, ''Romberg'' Nr. 10, ''Kleist'' Nr. 12, ''Wegnern'' Nr. 30, ''Hohenlohe'' Nr. 32, ''Wolframsdorf'' Nr. 37 and ''Hertzberg'' Nr. 47, the ''Schladen'' Grenadier Battalion and five foot artillery batteries.<ref>Smith (1998), p. 65</ref> |
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| − | ==Notes== |
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| − | *{{cite book|author=[[Ramsay Weston Phipps|Phipps, Ramsay Weston]] |year=2011 |title=The Armies of the First French Republic: Volume II The Armées du Moselle, du Rhin, de Sambre-et-Meuse, de Rhin-et-Moselle |publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing |location=USA |isbn=978-1-908692-25-2 }} |
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| − | *{{cite web|last=Rickard |first=J. |title=Battle of Wissembourg or The Geisberg, 25-26 December 1793 |accessdate=31 August 2014 |publisher=historyofwar.org |year=2009 |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_wissembourg.html }} |
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| − | *{{cite book|last=[[Digby Smith|Smith, Digby]] |first= |year=1998 |title=The Napoleonic Wars Data Book |location=London |publisher=Greenhill |isbn=1-85367-276-9}} |
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Latest revision as of 02:01, 10 March 2018
The Siege of Landau may refer to any of several sieges of the fortress city of Landau, located in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:
- Siege of Landau (1702), during the War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Landau (1703), during the War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Landau (1704), during the War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Landau (1713), during the War of the Spanish Succession
- Siege of Landau (1793), during the French Revolutionary Wars
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