The Rhine Campaign of 1795 (April 1795 to January 1796) sees two Habsburg Austrian armies under the overall command of François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt defeat an attempt by two Republican French armies to cross the Rhine River and capture the Fortress of Mainz.

At the start of the campaign the French Army of Sambre-et-Meuse led by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan confronts Clerfayt's Army of the Lower Rhine in the north, while the French Army of Rhin-et-Moselle under Jean-Charles Pichegru lies opposite Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser's Army of the Upper Rhine in the south.

In August Jourdan crossesand quickly seizes Düsseldorf.

The Army of Sambre-et-Meuse advances south to the Main River, completely isolating Mainz.

Pichegru's army makes a surprise capture of Mannheim so that both French armies hold significant footholds on the east bank of the Rhine.

The French fumble away the promising start to their offensive.

Pichegru bungles an opportunity to seize Clerfayt's supply base in the Battle of Handschuhsheim.

With Pichegru strangely inert, Clerfayt masses against Jourdan, beat shim at Höchst in October and forces most of the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse to retreat to the west bank of the Rhine.

About the same time, Wurmser seals off the French bridgehead at Mannheim.

With Jourdan temporarily out of the picture, the Austrians defeat the left wing of the Army of Rhin-et-Moselle at the Battle of Mainz and move down the west bank.

In November, Clerfayt gives Pichegru a drubbing at Pfeddersheim and successfully wraps up the Siege of Mannheim.

In January 1796, Clerfayt concludes an armistice with the French, allowing the Austrians to retain large portions of the west bank.

During the campaign Pichegru enters into traitorous contact with French Royalists.

It is debatable whether Pichegru's treason or his bad generalship is the actual cause of the French failure.