CASUALTY RECORD // July 5, 1796
Battle of Rastatt
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 200 estimated
Франция
200
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of Rastatt was an engagement during the War of the First Coalition in which French Republican forces under Jean Moreau pressed against Habsburg defensive positions along the Murg River. The action resulted in the Austrians under Count Latour being driven back to the Alb River, surrendering ground in the Baden region. With French forces numbering approximately 20,500 against an Austrian force of around 6,000, the engagement demonstrated a significant disparity in strength. The outcome extended Moreau's operational reach into southwest Germany, maintaining pressure on Habsburg forces during France's broader campaigning in this theater of the Revolutionary Wars.
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