Battle of Pirmasens

Battle context

At Pirmasens in September 1793, a French Republican corps under Moreaux attacked a numerically inferior Prussian force commanded by the Duke of Brunswick and was repulsed with approximately 4,000 casualties — losses representing one-third of the attacking strength. The engagement demonstrated the continued capacity of Prussian arms to hold defensive ground against French Revolutionary forces during the 1793 campaigning season on the Rhine frontier, checking Republican offensive momentum in the region during a critical phase of the War of the First Coalition.