Battle of Hohenlinden

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Hohenlinden was a major 1800 clash in Bavaria during the French Revolutionary Wars, where General Moreau’s French forces decisively defeated the Austrians, helping secure French dominance in Central Europe.

Aliases (2)

Hohenlinden ×1
Schlacht bei Hohenlinden ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Schlacht bei Hohenlinden →
AustrianCasualtiesApprox	over 12,000 →
AustrianCommanderRank	Archduke →
AustrianGunsCaptured	about 80 →
AustrianPrisonersTaken	about 7,000 →
belligerent	Electorate of Bavaria → French Republic → Habsburg Monarchy →
campaign	Danube campaign of 1800 →
commander	Antoine Richepanse → Archduke John of Austria → Franz von Lauer → Jean Victor Marie Moreau → Michel Ney → Paul Grenier →
conflict	War of the Second Coalition →
countryAtTheTime	Electorate of Bavaria →
date	3 December 1800 →
decisiveFor	French dominance in Central Europe → end of the War of the Second Coalition in Germany →
era	French Revolutionary era →
followedBy	Armistice of Steyr → Treaty of Lunéville →
FrenchCasualtiesApprox	about 3,000 →
FrenchCommanderRank	General of Division →
front	German front of the War of the Second Coalition →
location	Bavaria → Germany → Hohenlinden →
notableUnit	Army of the Danube → Army of the Rhine →
opponentState	Holy Roman Empire →
partOf	French Revolutionary Wars →
precededBy	Battle of Ampfing →
region	Upper Bavaria →
relatedWork	poem "Hohenlinden" by Thomas Campbell →
result	French victory →
significance	confirmed Moreau as one of France’s leading generals → forced Austria to seek peace with France → secured French strategic control of southern Germany →
tacticsUsed	Austrian columnar advance → French flank attack →
terrain	heavily forested area → snow-covered battlefield →
theatre	German theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars →
year	1800 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
French Revolutionary Wars → War of the Second Coalition →	significantEvent
Battle of Hohenlinden ("Schlacht bei Hohenlinden") →	alsoKnownAs
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg →	battle
Battle of Hohenlinden ("Hohenlinden") →	location
Second Coalition →	notableBattle