The

Battle of Messkirch The Battle of Messkirch (5 May 1800) saw a Republican French army led by Jean Victor Marie Moreau attack a Habsburg Austrian army commanded by Paul Kray. At the start of the 1800 campaign in Germany, Moreau's 108,000-strong field army fac ...

on 5 May 1800 was the major engagement in the

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. It followed the Battle of Stockach on 3 May. The campaign began on 25 April when a French force emerged from the

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bridgehead. This marked the start of the offensive of

Jean Victor Marie Moreau Jean Victor Marie Moreau (, 14 February 1763 – 2 September 1813) was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became his chief military and political rival and was banished to the United States. He is among the f ...

's ''

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'' against

Paul Kray Baron Paul Kray of Krajova and Topolya (; ; 5 February 1735 – 19 January 1804), was a soldier, and general in Habsburg service during the Seven Years' War, the War of Bavarian Succession, the Austro–Turkish War (1787–1791), and the F ...

's army of

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and its Bavarian,

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and other German allies.

French Army

Headquarters

Commanding General: General-in-Chief

* Chief of Staff:

General of Division Divisional general is a general officer rank who commands an army division. The rank originates from the French Revolutionary System, and is used by a number of countries. The rank is above a brigade general, and normally below an army corps ...

Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles Jean Joseph Dessolles, 1st Marquis Dessolles (born Jean Joseph Paul Augustin Dessolles; 3 July 1767 – 3 November 1828) was a French soldier and statesman. He was the Prime Minister of France from 29 December 1818 to 18 November 1819. Earl ...

*Chief of Artillery: General of Division

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*Inspector of Infantry: General of Division Balthazar Alexis Henri Schauenburg *Inspector of Cavalry: General of Division

François Antoine Louis Bourcier François Antoine Louis Bourcier (; 23 February 1760 – 8 May 1828) was a French cavalry officer and divisional general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Bourcier was a cavalry lieutenant when the French Revolution figh ...

*Chief Engineer: General of Brigade Louis Clemencet ''Source:''

Right Wing

General of Division

Claude Lecourbe Claude Jacques Lecourbe (; 22 February 1759 – 22 October 1815) was a French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He fell out of favour with Napoleon and was out of service until recalled by the Bourbons. Biography Leco ...

''in

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'' *General of Division:

Dominique Vandamme General Dominique-Joseph René Vandamme, Count of Unseburg (; 5 November 1770, in Cassel, Nord – 15 July 1830) was a French military officer, who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He was a dedicated career soldier with a reputation as an excell ...

(9,632 infantry, 540 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade:

Henri-Antoine Jardon Henri-Antoine Jardon (; 3 February 1768 in Verviers, Liège (today part of Belgium) – 25 March 1809, Campo (São Martinho), São Martin do Campo, Santo Tirso, Portugal) was a French general of brigade. He served in the French Revolutionary Wars ...

, Anne Gilbert de Laval,

Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor Gabriel-Jean-Joseph Molitor (7 March 1770 – 28 July 1849) was a Marshal of France. Biography He was born in Hayingen in Lorraine. Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Molitor joined the French revolutionary armies as a captain in a bat ...

***1st Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***36th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***83rd Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***94th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***8th Hussar Regiment *General of Division: Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge (8,238 infantry, 464 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: François Goullus,

François Bontemps François Bontemps (1753–1811), later baron d'Abaumont, a brigadier general during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born 1 June 1753 at Saumur, and died 29 October 1811 at Saumur (Maine-et-Loire). Family and educati ...

***10th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***37th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***84th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***109th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***9th Hussar Regiment *General of Division: Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard (8,238 infantry, 464 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Joseph Augustin Fournier d'Aultane ***10th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***38th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***67th Line Infantry Demi Brigade *General of Division Etienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty (1,500 infantry, 1,280 cavalry) **Unbrigaded: ***Combined Grenadiers ***25th Cavalry Regiment ***11th Dragoon Regiment ***12th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment ''Source:''

Center

General of Division

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (; 13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military leader of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was a made a Marshal of the Empire in 1812 by Empero ...

''in

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'' *General of Division

Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers (; 13 August 1764 – 6 January 1813) was a French Army general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the father of Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, a Marshal of France, and the father-i ...

(8,340 infantry, 542 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Dominique Joba, François-Xavier Roussel, Just-Pasteur Sabathier ***12th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***1st Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***15th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***23rd Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***2nd Hussar Regiment *General of Division: Jean Victor Tharreau (8,326 infantry, 611 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Etienne Heudelet de Bierre, René-François-Jean Aubrée, Charles Victor Woirgard ***2nd Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***24th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***51st Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***101st Line Infantry Demi Brigade *** 23rd Dragoon Regiment ***16th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division:

Michel Ney Michel Ney, 1st Prince de la Moskowa, 1st Duke of Elchingen (; 10 January 1769 – 7 December 1815), was a French military commander and Marshal of the Empire who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The son of ...

(7,270 infantry, 569 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Jean Pierre François Bonet, Charles August Bonnamy ***12th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***54th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***76th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***103rd Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***8th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Brigade Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys (2,474 infantry, 1,616 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc, Charles Saligny, Jean Louis Debilly ***16th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***12th Cavalry Regiment ***17th Cavalry Regiment ***2nd Dragoon Regiment ***5th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment ''Source:''

Left Wing

General of Division Gilles Joseph Martin Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne ''in

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'' *General of Division

Claude-Sylvestre Colaud Claude Silvestre, Count Colaud (12 December 1754 – 4 December 1819) was a French Napoleonic general and senator. Biography Colaud was born at Briançon on 12 December 1754. In 1801, for his military services, he was made a senator of the French ...

(2,740 infantry, 981 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Jean-Laurent-Justine Lacoste, Jean Pierre Girard-Vieux ***48th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***10th Cavalry Regiment ***16th Cavalry Regiment ***20th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division:

Joseph Souham Joseph, comte Souham (; 30 April 1760 – 28 April 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was born at Lubersac and died at Versailles. After long service in the French Royal Army, he ...

(4,687 infantry, 1,394 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade:

Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (13 April 1769 – 9 September 1832) was a French Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Isle de France from 1803 to 1810. He also served as the governor of French India from 1802 ...

, Jacques-Pierre-Louis Puthod ***8th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***95th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***7th Cavalry Regiment ***6th Dragoon Regiment ***1st Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division: Claude Juste Alexandre Legrand (5,286 infantry, 1,094 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Jacques Denis Boivin, Jean-Baptiste Drouet Nafziger rendered the name "Drouet" while Smith made it "Devent". ***7th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***27th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***13th Dragoon Regiment ***6th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division Henri François Delaborde (2,573 infantry, 286 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Jean-Pierre-Portschy Mercier, Henri-Joseph Thüring de Ryss ***29th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***65th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***2nd ''Helvétique Légion'' ***4th Cavalry Regiment ***19th Cavalry Regiment ''Source:''

Reserve

General-in-Chief Moreau *General of Division

Antoine Guillaume Delmas Antoine-Guillaume Maurailhac Delmas de La Coste Delmas (; 3 January 1766 – 30 October 1813) was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Delmas was killed at the Battle of Leipzig. cites Delm ...

(8,635 infantry, 1,031 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade:

Jean-Baptiste Jacopin Jean Baptiste Jacopin (20 October 1755, Brioude – 28 May 1811), was a French General during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was appointed Adjutant General and Chief of Brigade on 28 November 1793, and General of Brigade ...

, Charles Louis Dieudonne Grandjean, Jean Baptiste Lorcet, Jacques Quétard, Boyer ***14th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***46th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***50th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***57th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***108th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***6th Cavalry Regiment ***4th Hussar Regiment ***11th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division

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(6,035 infantry, 963 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Louis Bastoul,

Frédéric Henri Walther Frédéric-Louis-Henri Walther (20 June 1761 – 24 November 1813), was a French general of division and a supporter of Napoleon Bonaparte. He fought in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He enlisted in 1781 and, in his 30-year career, he saw ...

, Adrien Marie Gabriel Desperrières ***14th Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***53rd Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***89th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***10th Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment ***23rd Chasseurs a Cheval Regiment *General of Division

Antoine Richepanse Antoine Richepanse (25 March 1770 – 3 September 1802) was a French Army officer and colonial administrator. Richepanse was born in Metz as the son of an officer of the Conti-Dragoon Regiment. When the French Revolution started Richepanse distin ...

(6,848 infantry, 1,187 cavalry) **Generals of Brigade: Antoine Digonet,

Pierre François Joseph Durutte Pierre François Joseph Durutte (; 13 July 1767 – 18 April 1827) joined the French army at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars. Rapidly promoted for feats of bravery under fire at Jemappes in 1792 and Hondschoote in 1793, he found ...

***Combined Grenadiers ***4th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***50th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***100th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***13th Cavalry Regiment ***17th Dragoon Regiment ***5th Hussar Regiment *General of Division

Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul (; 13 May 1754 – 14 February 1807) was a French cavalry general of the Napoleonic Wars. He came from an old noble family of France whose military tradition extended for several centuries. Efforts by the French Rev ...

(1,504 cavalry) **General of Brigade:

Jean-Louis-Brigitte Espagne Jean-Louis-Brigitte Espagne, Count d'Espagne and of the Empire (; born 16 February 1769 in Auch, died 21 May 1809 on the island of Lobau) was a French cavalry commander of the French Revolutionary Wars, who rose to the top military rank of Genera ...

***1st Carabinier Regiment ***2nd Carabinier Regiment **General of Brigade: Denis Felix Devrigny ***8th Cavalry Regiment ***9th Cavalry Regiment ''Source:''

Detached

*General of Division Louis-Antoine Choin de Montchoisy (7,715 infantry, 519 cavalry) ''in

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'' **Generals of Brigade: Joseph Antoine Mainoni, Théodore Chabert ***1st Light Infantry Demi Brigade ***9th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***28th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***44th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***102nd Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***14th Cavalry Regiment ***22nd Cavalry Regiment *General of Division

Jean François Leval Jean François, baron Leval (; 18 April 1762 – 7 August 1834) was promoted to general officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division in a number of battles during the Napoleonic Wars. He rapidly rose in rank during the Fren ...

(5,640 infantry, 426 cavalry) **Unbrigaded: ***65th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***91st Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***110th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***1st ''Helvétique Légion'' ***3rd Hussar Regiment *General of Division François Xavier Jacob Freytag (2,935 infantry) **Unbrigaded: ***29th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***95th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***3rd ''Helvétique Légion'' *General of Division Joseph Gilot (750 cavalry) **Unbrigaded: ***1st Dragoon Regiment ***6th Hussar Regiment *General of Division Alexandre Paul Guérin de Chateaunef-Randon (3,430 infantry, 485 cavalry) **Unbrigaded: ***80th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***Polish ''Danube Legion'' ***15th Cavalry Regiment ***24th Cavalry Regiment *General of Division Antoine Laroche Dubouscat (3,100 infantry, 91 cavalry) **Unbrigaded: ***20th Line Infantry Demi Brigade ***''North French Legion'' ***16th Cavalry Regiment ''Source:''

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