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The Battle of Mainz (29 October 1795) saw a Habsburg Austrian army led by François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt launch a surprise assault against four divisions of the French ''Army of Rhin-et-Moselle'' directed by François Ignace Schaal. The right-hand French division fled the battlefield, compelling the other three divisions to retreat with the loss of their siege artillery and many casualties. The War of the First Coalition action was fought near the city of Mainz in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. French troops had ineffectively besieged the western side of Mainz Fortress since December 1794. However, in early September 1795 the ''Army of Sambre-et-Meuse'' crossed the lower Rhine River and advanced south to the Main River. For the first time Mainz was besieged on the east side of the river, but this state of affairs did not last very long. In the Battle of Höchst, Clerfayt outmaneuvered Jourdan, forcing his army to retire to the west bank of the Rhine. With Jourdan temporarily out of the picture, Clerfayt fell on Schaal's somewhat isolated corps and drove it away to the south. During this time the commander of the ''Army of Rhin-et-Moselle'', Jean-Charles Pichegru was in treasonous contact with France's enemies, perhaps accounting for Austria's success. The next clash was the Battle of Pfeddersheim on 10 November. ==People involved== *François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt *Jean Baptiste Kléber *Laurent de Gouvion-Saint-Cyr *Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor *Adam Albert von Neipperg *Antoine Christophe Merlin *Auguste de Marmont *Charles XIV John of Sweden *Franz von Weyrother * Franz Joseph, Marquis de Lusignan *François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat *François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers *Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle *Joseph Marie, Count Dessaix *Nicolas-Jacques Conté *Paul Louis Courier *Armée de Mayence *Serbian mercenaries (see: Kočina Krajina Serb rebellion in 1791) under General Major Stephan Bernhard Keglevich did not take part, but were involved as neutral observers (see map below). *Frédéric-César de La Harpe did not take part, but was involved, had a leading role in the creation of the Helvetic Republic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Mainz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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