Battle of Simbach

Battle of Simbach
Part of the War of Austrian Succession
Date 9 May 1743 Location Simbach am Inn, (present-day Bavaria) Result Austrian victory
Belligerents
Bavaria Palatinate Hesse-Kassel	Habsburg Monarchy
Commanders and leaders
Minucci	Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Strength
8,000	49 infantry battalions 9 cavalry regiments
Casualties and losses
4,000	100+

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War of the Austrian Succession

Flanders and the Rhine

• Dettingen
• Menin
• Ypres
• Lauterbourg
• Wissembourg
• Furnes
• Breisgau
• Fontenoy
• Tournai
• Melle
• Ghent
• Oudenarde
• Ostende
• Brussels
• Antwerp
• Mons
• Namur
• Rocoux
• Lauffeld
• Hulst
• Bergen op Zoom
• Rhine Campaign
• Maastricht

Bohemia and Moravia

• 1st Prague
• Olmütz
• 1st Eger
• Chotusitz
• Sahay
• 2nd Prague
• 2nd Eger
• 3rd Prague
• Budweis
• Tabor
• Soor

Silesia

• Groß-Glogau
• Mollwitz
• Brieg
• Neisse
• Glatz
• Hohenfriedberg
• Kosel
• Hennersdorf

Bavaria

• Simbach
• Deggendorf
• Straubing
• Ingolstadt
• Vilshofen
• Pfaffenhofen

Austria

• St. Pölten
• Schärding
• Linz

Saxony

• Kesselsdorf

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The Battle of Simbach on May 9, 1743, took place during the War of Austrian Succession near Simbach am Inn. It ended with a heavy defeat of the Bavarian troops against the Austrians.

Aftermath

Altogether the loss of dead and captured Bavarians, Palatines and Hessians amounted to about 4,000 men, the Austrians only lost a little over a hundred men. Simbach was completely destroyed except for one house, and the surrounding area was also devastated. Braunau had to be handed over on July 4. Soon after, the French-occupied towns of Dingolfing, Landau and Deggendorf were also taken by the Austrians.^[1]

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