The Battle of Woerth was fought on December 23, 1793, and resulted the victory of the

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under General Louis Hoche against the

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ns under General

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. The Prussians'

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were taken at

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by the French soldiers.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 ...

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Conflicts in 1793 Battles of the French Revolutionary Wars Battles involving Prussia 1793 in France {{Germany-battle-stub