X-Nico

5 unusual facts about Battle of Wissembourg


Edmé-Martin Vandermaesen

He took part in the Battle of Wissembourg and in engagements in Haguenau, Vandenheim and Landau.

Lines of Weissenburg

The Lines were stormed on 13 October 1793 by an allied army under Austrian General Dagobert von Wurmser in the First Battle of Wissembourg.

By 1870 the Lines no longer existed, but the two central forts in the towns of Wissembourg and Altenstadt, still possessed fortifications that proved useful defensive positions during the Battle of Wissembourg.

Wissembourg

Another Battle of Wissembourg took place on 4 August 1870.

The first Battle of Wissembourg took place near the town in 1793.



see also