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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Battle between France and Austria}}<br />
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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
|conflict = Battle of Messkirch (1800)<br />
|image = File:Votivbild Schlacht bei Meßkirch mit Rahmen.jpg<br />
|caption = Battle of Meßkirch<br />
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| partof = [[War of the Second Coalition]]<br />
| date = 5 May 1800<br />
| place = [[Meßkirch]], present-day Germany<br />
| result = French victory<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagicon|France|1794}} [[First French Republic|Republican France]]<br />
| combatant2 = {{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}} [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Austria]]<br />
| commander1 = [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau|Jean Victor Moreau]] <br />
| commander2 = [[Paul Kray]]<br />
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The '''Battle of Messkirch''' (5 May 1800) saw a [[French First Republic|Republican French]] army led by [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]] attack a [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg Austrian]] army commanded by [[Paul Kray]]. At the start of the 1800 campaign in Germany, Moreau's 108,000-strong field army faced Kray's 120,000-man army on opposite sides of the [[Rhine]] River. By a series of maneuvers, Moreau crossed the Rhine and concentrated superior forces to defeat Kray at the [[Battles of Stockach and Engen]] on 3 May. After Kray retreated a short distance to the north, the two adversaries met again at [[Meßkirch]]. After a well-contested fight, Kray withdrew again, conceding victory to the French. <br />
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==Overview==<br />
''See the [[Messkirch 1800 Order of Battle]] for details of the French and Austrian armies in the campaign.''<br />
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On 25 April 1800, the French ''[[Armée d'Allemagne (1797)|Armée d'Allemagne]]'', under [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], crossed the [[Rhine River]] at [[Kehl]] and [[Schaffhausen]]. The 1st Demi-Brigade, of the Corps led by [[Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr]], conquered [[Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald|St. Georgen]] and entered the [[Black Forest]] at [[Freiburg im Breisgau]]. After conquering [[Stuhlingen]], 25&nbsp;km south of [[Donaueschingen]], the unit took part in the [[Battle of Stockach (1800)|Battle of Stockach and Engen]] on 3 May 1800, after which the Austrian retreated to [[Meßkirch]] where they enjoyed a more favourable defensive position.<br />
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The French repeatedly assaulted the town on 4 May 1800 and 5 May 1800, both attempts being in vain. The 1st Demi-Brigade, despite the Austrian superiority there, was able to conquer Krumbach and the heights surrounding it, which commanded Meßkirch. Therefore, the Austrian moved back to [[Sigmaringen]], followed by the French. The [[Battle of Biberach (1800)|Battle of Biberach]] ensued on 9 May 1800.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Campaigns of 1800 in the French Revolutionary Wars]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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== References ==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Arnold |first=James R. |title=Marengo & Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire |publisher=Pen and Sword |year=2005 |isbn=1-84415-279-0 }} <br />
*{{cite book|last=Clodfelter|first=M.|title=Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2007|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|year=2008|edition=3th|isbn=978-0786433193}}<br />
*{{cite book|last=Dodge |first=Theodore Ayrault |author-link=Theodore Ayrault Dodge |title=Warfare in the Age of Napoleon: The Egyptian and Syrian Campaigns & the Wars of the Second and Third Coalitions, 1798-1805 |volume=2 |year=2011 |publisher=Leonaur Ltd. |isbn=978-0-85706-600-8 }} <br />
*{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Jens-Florian |title=Die Österreichischen Generäle 1792-1815: Baillet |year=2022a |publisher=napoleon-online.de |access-date=28 April 2024 |url=https://napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/baillet.html |language=German }} <br />
*{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Jens-Florian |title=Die Österreichischen Generäle 1792-1815: Ferdinand |year=2022b |publisher=napoleon-online.de |access-date=28 April 2024 |url=https://napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/ferdinand.html |language=German }}<br />
*{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Jens-Florian |title=Die Österreichischen Generäle 1792-1815: Spork |year=2022c |publisher=napoleon-online.de |access-date=28 April 2024 |url=https://napoleon-online.de/AU_Generale/html/spork.html |language=German }} <br />
*{{cite book|last=Smith |first=Digby |author-link=Digby Smith |title=The Napoleonic Wars Data Book |year=1998 |location=London |publisher=Greenhill |isbn=1-85367-276-9 }} <br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Heinrich Bücheler, Werner Fischer, Roland Kessinger: ''Die Schlacht bei Meßkirch 5ter Mai 1800: Gedenkband zum 200. Jahrestag''. Museumsgesellschaft Meßkirch (Hrsg.). Gmeiner Verlag. Meßkirch. 1. Auflage 2000. {{ISBN|3-926633-47-6}}<br />
* Kempf: ''Unsere Heimat in den Napoleonischen Kriegen''. In: Derselbe: ''Das Gögginger Dorfbuch''. Gemeinde Göggingen. Göggingen 1969. S. 365 ff.<br />
{{Wikisource|Dispatches by William Wickham about the Battle of Moeskirch, 5 May 1800|Dispatches by William Wickham}}<br />
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