Battle of Biesingen

Battles in SaarlandBattles involving PrussiaBattles of the War of the First CoalitionConflicts in 1793Saarpfalz-Kreis

The Battle of Biesingen was a battle of the War of the First Coalition on 17 November 1793 at Biesingen, now a district of Blieskastel. It occurred between a Prussian force under General Friedrich Adolf von Kalckreuth and a French one under General Louis-Lazare Hoche, ending in a Prussian victory.

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