Battle of Speyerbach

Battle of Speyerbach
	Part of the War of the Spanish Succession
	; The Speyerbach river, flowing into the Rhine near Speyer
Date	15 November 1703
Location	Outside Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Result	French victory
Belligerents
Holy Roman Empire ; Dutch Republic ; England	Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Frederick of Hesse; Nassau-Weilburg; Otto von Vehlen	Camille de Tallard ; Armand de Pracomtal †
Strength
28 battalions; 54 squadrons; 22,000	28 battalions; 72–90 squadrons; 18,000
Casualties and losses
4,500 killed or wounded, 4,000 captured	4,000 killed or wounded

The Battle of Speyerbach took place on 15 November 1703 during the War of the Spanish Succession, near Speyer in the modern German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. A French army commanded by Camille de Tallard defeated an Allied force under Frederick of Hesse.

With the 1703 campaign season nearing its end, in October Tallard besieged Landau, then held by an Imperial garrison. On 13 November, Frederick of Hesse linked up with a smaller force under John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg at Speyer, and the two agreed to march to its relief. Rather than waiting, on 15 November Tallard launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy losses on his opponents.

^ ^a ^b Wijn 1956, p. 364.
^ ^a ^b Lynn 1999, p. 284.
^ "Allied Army; Battle of Speyerbach 1703" (PDF). USACAC.Army. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Bodart 1908, p. 134.

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[FOOTNOTEWijn1956364-1] Wijn 1956, p. 364.

[FOOTNOTELynn1999284-2] Lynn 1999, p. 284.

[3] "Allied Army; Battle of Speyerbach 1703" (PDF). USACAC.Army. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[FOOTNOTEBodart1908134-5] Bodart 1908, p. 134.

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