CASUALTY RECORD // September 3, 1796
Battle of Würzburg
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
2 sides catalogued · combined 4,500 estimated
Republican France
3,000
Medium-confidence figure
Habsburg monarchy
1,500
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
At Würzburg on 3 September 1796, Archduke Charles's Habsburg force repulsed Jourdan's French army of roughly equal size, inflicting approximately twice the casualties the Austrians suffered. The arrival of Austrian reinforcements decided the engagement, compelling Jourdan to retreat westward toward the Rhine. The defeat was a significant reversal for French operations on the right bank during the War of the First Coalition, effectively halting the advance of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse and undermining the broader French strategic design of a two-pronged drive into southern Germany in coordination with Moreau's Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
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