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Battle of Enzheim

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A schematic plan, generated from the statistics of the CAA Database of Battles: the armies' size and width, the hours of fighting, the plan of attack and the outcome are as recorded; the ground and the positions are not.
Rolling, Mixed groundHorseHorseCentreHorseHorseLeft wingRight wingCentreReserveLeft wingRight wingReserveGunsGuns02 km4 kmN

France (Fr Army, 22,000 men under Turenne) attacked Holy Roman Empire (Imp Allied Army, 31,700 men under Bournonville) in Germany. The CAA Database of Battles records 7 hours of fighting on a front of 5.6 km, a frontal attack against hasty defense and prepared defense, and that neither side won. Losses: France 3,500 (16%), Holy Roman Empire 2,500 (8%).

This plan is generated from those figures. It shows the shape of the battle the database describes: the size and width of the armies, the plan of attack and the outcome. It does not show where the units actually stood.

The armies

France

Turenne

UnitArmMen
France left wingInfantry2,772
France centreInfantry3,696
France right wingInfantry2,772
France reserveInfantry2,310
France cavalry of the leftCavalry5,000
France cavalry of the rightCavalry5,000
France artillery (30 guns)Artillery450
TurenneCommander—
In this plan22,000

Holy Roman Empire

Bournonville

UnitArmMen
Holy Roman Empire left wingInfantry3,919
Holy Roman Empire centreInfantry5,226
Holy Roman Empire right wingInfantry3,919
Holy Roman Empire reserveInfantry3,266
Holy Roman Empire cavalry of the leftCavalry7,250
Holy Roman Empire cavalry of the rightCavalry7,250
Holy Roman Empire artillery (58 guns)Artillery870
BournonvilleCommander—
In this plan31,700

What the sources report

FranceHoly Roman Empire
Strength, this plan22,00031,700
Losses, this plan3,5002,500

In the CAA Database of Battles

CDB90 no. 36, “Enzheim”, compiled for the US Army to study what decides battles. These are the figures a what-if engine can be calibrated against.

Fighting
7 hours
Winner
the draw
Terrain
Rolling, Mixed
Weather
Wet, Heavy precipitation, Temperate, Autumn, Temperate
Defender’s posture
Hasty defense, Prepared defense
Front width
5.6 km (attacker), 7 km (defender)
ForceStrengthLossesHorseGunsPlan and outcome
Franceattacker22,0003,50010,00030Frontal attack; Penetration; Withdrew
Holy Roman Empiredefender31,7002,50014,50058Defensive/offensive plan; Frontal attack; Single envelopment; Penetration; Withdrew

Attacker’s advantages leadership +1

CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0.

Notes

On this reconstruction

Generated automatically from the statistics in CDB90. Frontages, depths, distances, the order of events and the terrain are schematic: they follow the recorded strengths, front widths, hours of fighting, tactical plan and outcome, not maps or accounts of the battle. The sources give no hours; the timing is conjectural.

Sources

Facts gathered from Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikimedia Commons (licence per file); the plan and its text are timeastra’s own.