Battle of Simbach
Battle of succession
Battle of Simbach | |||||||
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Part of the War of Austrian Succession | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bavaria Palatinate Hesse-Kassel | Habsburg Monarchy | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Minucci | Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
8,000 | 49 infantry battalions 9 cavalry regiments | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4,000 | 100+ |
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War of the Austrian Succession
- Flanders and the Rhine
- Dettingen
- Menin
- Ypres
- Lauterbourg
- Wissembourg
- Furnes
- Breisgau
- Fontenoy
- Tournai
- Melle
- Ghent
- Oudenarde
- Ostende
- Brussels
- Antwerp
- Mons
- Namur
- Rocoux
- Lauffeld
- Hulst
- Bergen op Zoom
- Rhine Campaign
- Maastricht
- Bohemia and Moravia
- 1st Prague
- Olmütz
- 1st Eger
- Chotusitz
- Sahay
- 2nd Prague
- 2nd Eger
- 3rd Prague
- Budweis
- Tabor
- Soor
- Silesia
- Groß-Glogau
- Mollwitz
- Brieg
- Neisse
- Glatz
- Hohenfriedberg
- Kosel
- Hennersdorf
- Bavaria
- Simbach
- Deggendorf
- Straubing
- Ingolstadt
- Vilshofen
- Pfaffenhofen
- Austria
- Saxony
The Battle of Simbach on May 9, 1743, took place during the War of Austrian Succession near Simbach am Inn. It ended with a heavy defeat of the Bavarian troops against the Austrians.
Aftermath
Altogether the loss of dead and captured Bavarians, Palatines and Hessians amounted to about 4,000 men, the Austrians only lost a little over a hundred men. Simbach was completely destroyed except for one house, and the surrounding area was also devastated. Braunau had to be handed over on July 4. Soon after, the French-occupied towns of Dingolfing, Landau and Deggendorf were also taken by the Austrians.[1]
References
- ^ Groß, Jakob (1864). Chronik von Simbach am Inn (PDF). Landshut: Jakob Groß.