Battle of Mannheim
Battle of Mannheim was a battle fought on 18 September 1799 at Mannheim, in what is now Germany. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: Austrian victory. Recorded strength: 18,000–22,000 against 5,200.
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Battle of Mannheim, 18 September 1799. Johann Lorenz Rugendas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons .
Fought 18 September 1799
Where Mannheim, Germany 49.489N, 8.469E
Outcome Austrian victory
Belligerents Austria against France
Casualties and losses 1,300 and 3,500, 23 guns, 2 colors
Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition Mediterranean campaign of 1798, 1798 French invasion of Malta, 1798 French invasion of Egypt and Syria, 1798 Capture of Alexandria, 1798 Battle of Shubra Khit, 1798 Action of 15 July 1798, 1798 Battle of the Nile, 1798 Battle of El Salheya, 1798 Battle of Salahieh, 1798 Battle of Salahieh, 1798 Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798 Battle of El Lahun, 1798 Siege of Butrint, 1798 Revolt of Cairo, 1798 Battle of Nicopolis, 1798 Siege of Corfu, 1798 Capture of Minorca, 1798 Siege of Acre, 1799 Battle of Trebbia, 1799 Siege of Ancona, 1799 Battle of Samanouth, 1799 Battle of Aswan, 1799 Siege of El Arish, 1799 Siege of Jaffa, 1799 Battle of Ostrach, 1799 Battle of Feldkirch, 1799 Battle of Stockach, 1799 Siege of Mantua, 1799 Battle of Magnano, 1799 Battle of Nazareth, 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor, 1799 Battle of Cassano, 1799 Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799 Battle of Winterthur, 1799 First Battle of Zurich, 1799 Battle of Modena, 1799 Siege of Alessandria, 1799 First Battle of Abukir, 1799 Battle of Oberwald, 1799 Battle of Schwyz, 1799 Battle of Novi, 1799 Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, 1799 Battle of Callantsoog, 1799 Battle of Krabbendam, 1799 Battle of Mannheim, 1799 Second Battle of Zurich, 1799 Limmat crossing near Dietikon (1799), 1799 Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799 Battle of Muottental, 1799 Battle of Alkmaar, 1799 Battle of Castricum, 1799 Battle of Damietta, 1799 Battle of Genola, 1799 Battle of Obrigheim, 1799 Battle of Wiesloch, 1799 Siege of El Arish, 1799 Second Italian Campaign, 1800 Battle of Walserfeld, 1800 Battle of Heliopolis, 1800 Battle of Sassello, 1800 Siege of Genoa, 1800 Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800 Battle of Stockach, 1800 Battle of Engen, 1800 Battle of Messkirch, 1800 Battle of Erbach, 1800 Battle of Montebello, 1800 Battle of Höchstädt, 1800 Battle of Neuburg, 1800 Invasion of Curaçao, 1800 Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800 Battle of Pozzolo, 1800 Second Battle of Abukir, 1801 Battle of Alexandria, 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, 1801 Siege of El Rahmaniya, 1801 Battle of Al Khankah, 1801 Algeciras Campaign, 1801 First Battle of Algeciras, 1801 Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801 Battle of Suriname, 1804 1798 1804 Battle of Mannheim, 1799 81 placed engagements of the War of the Second Coalition in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date 18 September 1799 Place Mannheim, Germany49.489N, 8.469E Kind Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic Strength 18,000–22,000 5,200 Casualties and losses 1,300 3,500, 23 guns, 2 colors Commanders
Battle of Mannheim Battle of Mannheim Battle of Seckenheim Siege of Mannheim Capture of Mannheim Battle of Ludwigshafen Battle of Maudach Battle of Seckenheim Frankfurt Stuttgart Strasbourg Luxembourg Saarbrücken Wiesbaden Metz Koblenz 100 km 49.489N, 8.469E The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Nearest engagements
Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1462 and 1849.
Battle of Mannheim is one of 2,126 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19896027 , released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mannheim (1799) , revision 1370448853, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.
