Editing Battle of Wœrth (1793)

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

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[[Category:Battles of the French Revolutionary Wars]]
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