Battle of Bensheim

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Austrian_morale_decline
Consolidation_of_French_control_in_the_region
Increased_French_territorial_claims
gptkbp:casualties Austrian_casualties_estimated_at_4,000
French_casualties_estimated_at_3,000
gptkbp:celebrates Educational programs
Historical reenactments
Monuments_in_Bensheim
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:French_Republic
Holy Roman Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan
Karl_von_Lothringen
gptkbp:culturalImpact Portrayal in literature
Commemoration in local history
Influence_on_French_nationalism
gptkbp:date January 16, 1793
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_larger_conflict_of_the_French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Demonstrated_the_effectiveness_of_French_military_strategy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Bensheim
gptkbp:influencedBy Austrian_military_reforms
Revolutionary_fervor_in_France
gptkbp:involved approximately 25,000 Austrian troops
approximately 30,000 French troops
gptkbp:landscape hilly and wooded area
gptkbp:legacy Influence on future military tactics
Foundation for modern military strategy
Impact_on_European_geopolitics
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bensheim,_Germany
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Mainz
Battle of Fleurus
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:General_Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Karl_von_Lothringen
gptkbp:outcome Austrian_retreat
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:precededBy Battle of Pirmasens
gptkbp:primaryMission Historical analyses
Military history books
Military dispatches
Contemporary_accounts
gptkbp:result French_victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic_victory_for_the_French
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control_of_the_Rhine_River
gptkbp:succeededBy Battle of Wissembourg
gptkbp:tactics Austrian_defensive_positions
Flanking_maneuvers_by_French_forces