Editing Battle of Amberg (section)

== Battle ==

=== Reconnaissance ===
A change in Austrian fortunes came when an alert cavalry brigadier, [[Major General|General-Major]] [[Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf]] detected an opportunity during a wide [[reconnaissance]]. He sent a note to Archduke Charles, "If your Royal Highness will or can advance 12,000 men against Jourdan's rear, he is lost."<ref>Liddell-Hart, p 97</ref> Charles left 30,000 men under Latour to watch Moreau, and hurried north with 27,000 to find Jourdan still pressing Wartensleben near Amberg. On 22 August at [[Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz]], Charles brushed aside one of Jourdan's divisions under MG [[Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte]].<ref>Smith, p 120</ref> This placed the archduke squarely on the French right rear.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

=== Combat ===
The total forces available were 48,000 Austrians and 45,000 French.<ref>Eggenberger, p 15</ref> On 24 August, Charles struck the French right flank while Wartensleben attacked frontally. The French Army of Sambre-et-Meuse was overcome by weight of numbers and Jourdan retired northwest. The Austrians lost only 400 casualties of the 40,000 men they brought onto the field. French losses were 1,200 killed and wounded, plus 800 captured out of 34,000 engaged. Instead of supporting his colleague, Moreau pushed further east.<ref>Smith, p 120-121</ref>

=== Results ===
On the same day as the Battle of Amberg, Moreau inflicted a sharp defeat on Latour at the [[Battle of Friedberg]] in Bavaria. On 1 September, Moreau clashed with Latour and Nauendorf at [[Geisenfeld]], {{convert|16|km|mi}} southeast of [[Ingolstadt]].<ref>Smith, p 121</ref> At the same time, Charles' victorious Austrians pursued Jourdan's beaten army. The widening gap between the two French armies finally caused Moreau to abandon his gains and pull back toward [[Ulm]]. The [[Battle of Würzburg]], fought on 3 September, would determine the winner of the campaign.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}