List of battles of the War of the First Coalition

This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797). It includes the battles of the Flanders campaign, the Rhine campaigns, the 1792 incursions into Switzerland, the Italian campaigns, the Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796, the War of the Pyrenees, overseas naval or colonial battles (insofar these were not part of the Haitian Revolution or East Indies theatre), and insurrections in Paris that overtook or threatened to overtake the central government. It does not include battles from the War in the Vendée (1793), nor the Chouannerie (1794–1800), nor the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), nor the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1801).

Date Battle Front French forces Coalition forces Notes
28 April 1792Capture of PorrentruySwitzerland Kingdom of the French Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
28 April 17921st Battle of QuiévrainFlanders Kingdom of the French Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
29 April 1792Battle of MarquainFlanders Kingdom of the French Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
30 April 17922nd Battle of QuiévrainFlanders Kingdom of the French Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
23 June 1792Battle of Harelbeke[1]Flanders Kingdom of the French Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
10 August 1792Insurrection of 10 August 1792
(Storming of the Tuileries)
Paris French Republicans French RoyalistsRepublican key victory
King Louis XVI captured
19 – 23 August 1792Capture of LongwyRhine Kingdom of the French Kingdom of PrussiaCoalition victory
24 August – 16 October 1792Siege of Thionville (1792)Rhine Kingdom of the French Habsburg Monarchy
Armée des émigrés
French victory
29 August 1792Battle of Verdun (1792)Rhine Kingdom of the French Kingdom of PrussiaCoalition victory
20 September 1792Battle of ValmyRhine Kingdom of the French Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Prussia
Armée des émigrés
French strategic victory
Republic proclaimed
25 September – 8 October 1792Siege of Lille (1792)Flanders French First Republic
Belgian exiles
 Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
28 September 1792Capture of NiceItaly French First Republic Kingdom of SardiniaFrench victory
18 – 21 October 1792Siege of Mainz (1792)Rhine French First Republic Electorate of MainzFrench victory
22 October 1792Recapture of LongwyRhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaFrench victory
23 October 1792Battle of Frankfurt (1792)Rhine French First Republic Free City of FrankfurtFrench pyrrhic victory
6 November 1792Battle of JemappesFlanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench key victory
9 November 1792Battle of Limburg (1792)Rhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaFrench victory
13 November 1792Battle of AnderlechtFlanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
21 November – 1 December 1792Siege of Namur (1792)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
21 December 1792 – 25 May 1793French expedition to SardiniaMediterranean French First Republic Kingdom of Sardinia
Bourbon Spain
Coalition victory
(21 Jan: Louis XVI executed)
6 February – 2 March 1793Siege of Maastricht (1793)Flanders French First Republic Lordship of Maastricht
 Dutch Republic
Armée des émigrés
 Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Prussia
Coalition victory
21 – 27 February 1793Siege of Breda (1793)Flanders French First Republic Dutch RepublicFrench pyrrhic victory
1 March 1793Battle of Aldenhoven (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition key victory
18 March 1793Battle of Neerwinden (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition key victory
8 April – 12 July 1793Siege of Condé (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Armée des émigrés
Coalition victory
14 April – 23 July 1793Siege of Mainz (1793)Rhine French First Republic Kingdom of Prussia
 Habsburg Monarchy
 Electorate of Saxony
Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Darmstadt
Electoral Palatinate
Saxe-Weimar
Coalition victory
8 May 1793Battle of Raismes (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Kingdom of Prussia
Coalition victory
17 – 19 May 1793Battle of Mas DeuPyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainCoalition victory
23 May 1793Battle of FamarsFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Coalition victory
23 May – 24 June 1793Siege of Bellegarde (1793)Pyrenees French First Republic Bourbon Spain
Armée des émigrés
Coalition victory
8 – 12 June 1793Battle of Saorgio (1793)Italy French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
Coalition victory
9 June 1793Battle of Arlon (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
13 June – 28 July 1793Siege of Valenciennes (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Coalition victory
17 July 1793Battle of Perpignan
(Battle of Niel)
Pyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainFrench victory
7 August 1793Battle of Caesar's CampFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Coalition victory
17 August 1793Battle of LincellesFlanders French First Republic Great Britain
 Dutch Republic
Coalition victory
20 August – 23 December 1793Siege of Landau (1793)Rhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaFrench victory
24 August – 8 September 1793Siege of Dunkirk (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Hesse-Kassel
French victory
28 August – 13 September 1793Siege of Le Quesnoy (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Armée des émigrés
Coalition victory
29 August – 19 December 1793Siege of ToulonMediterranean French First Republic French Royalists
 Great Britain
Bourbon Spain
 Kingdom of Naples
 Kingdom of Sicily
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
6 – 8 September 1793Battle of HondschooteFlanders French First Republic Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Hesse-Kassel
French victory
12 September 1793Battle of Avesnes-le-SecFlanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
12 – 13 September 1793Battle of Menin (1793)
(Battle of Wervik)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
French victory
13 September 1793Battle of MéribelItaly French First Republic Kingdom of SardiniaFrench victory
14 September 1793Battle of PirmasensRhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaCoalition victory
15 September 1793Battle of Courtrai (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
Coalition victory
15 September 1793Battle of EpierreItaly French First Republic Kingdom of SardiniaFrench victory
17 September 1793Battle of PeyrestortesPyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainFrench victory
30 September – 16 October 1793Siege of Maubeuge (1793)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
French victory
3 October 1793Battle of BergzabernRhine French First Republic Kingdom of Prussia
Armée des émigrés
Coalition victory
13 October 1793First Battle of Wissembourg (1793)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Hesse-Kassel
Armée des émigrés
Coalition victory
14 October – 14 November 1793Siege of Fort-Louis (1793)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Hesse-Darmstadt
Electorate of Bavaria
Coalition victory
15 – 16 October 1793Battle of WattigniesFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
French victory
10 November 1793Battle of Friedberg (Hessen)Rhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaFrench victory
17 November 1793Battle of BiesingenRhine French First Republic Kingdom of PrussiaCoalition victory
18 November – 22 December 1793Battle of Haguenau (1793)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Armée des émigrés
Hesse-Kassel
Electorate of Bavaria
French victory
28 – 30 November 1793Battle of KaiserslauternRhine French First Republic Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
Coalition victory
18 – 22 December 1793Battle of Froeschwiller (1793)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
20 – 23 December 1793Battle of ColliourePyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainFrench victory
26 – 29 December 1793Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Prussia
Electorate of Bavaria
Hesse-Kassel
French strategic victory
5 February 1794Battle of Sans Culottes CampPyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainFrench victory
5 February – 24 March 1794Battle of Martinique (1794)Overseas French First Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
7 February – 10 August 1794Invasion of Corsica (1794)Mediterranean
Corsica
French First Republic Great Britain
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
Coalition victory
7 – 20 February 1794Siege of San FiorenzoMediterranean
Corsica
French First Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
29 March 1794Battle of Le Cateau (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
4 April – 22 May 1794Siege of BastiaMediterranean
Corsica
 French First Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
11 April – 10 December 1794Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794)Overseas French First Republic Great BritainFrench victory
17 – 18 April 1794Battle of Arlon (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
17 – 30 April 1794Siege of Landrecies (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition pyrrhic victory
24 April 1794Battle of Villers-en-CauchiesFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
Coalition victory
24 – 28 April 1794Battle of SaorgioItaly French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
26 April 1794Battle of Beaumont (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
Coalition victory
26 – 30 April 1794Battle of MouscronFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Electorate of Hanover
Armée des émigrés
Hesse-Kassel
French victory
2 May – 1 June 1794Atlantic campaign of May 1794Overseas
Atlantic
 French First Republic Great BritainFrench victory
6 – 29 May 1794Siege of Collioure (1794)Pyrenees French First Republic Bourbon SpainFrench victory
10 – 12 May 1794Battle of Courtrai (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Hesse-Darmstadt
French victory
13 May 1794Battle of Grandreng
(Battle of Rouvroi)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition victory
18 May 1794Battle of TourcoingFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
French victory
20 – 24 May 1794Battle of Erquelinnes
(Battle of Péchant)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition victory
22 May 1794Battle of Tournay (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Coalition victory
23 May 1794Battle of Kaiserslautern (1794)Rhine French First Republic Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
 Habsburg Monarchy
Electorate of Bavaria
Coalition victory
30 May – 3 June 1794Battle of Gosselies
(Battle of Charleroi)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition victory
1 June 1794Glorious First of June
(Combat de Prairial)
Overseas
Atlantic
 French First Republic Great BritainCoalition tactical victory
French strategic victory
1 – 18 June 1794Siege of Ypres (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
Hesse-Kassel
 Electorate of Hanover
French victory
12 – 16 June 1794Battle of LambusartFlanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
Coalition victory
17 June – 10 August 1794Siege of CalviMediterranean
Corsica
 French First Republic Great Britain
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
Coalition victory
26 June 1794Battle of Fleurus (1794)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Dutch Republic
 Electorate of Hanover
 Great Britain
French decisive victory
13 – 17 July 1794Battle of TrippstadtRhine French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Prussia
French victory
17 July 1794Recapture of LandreciesFlanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
14 – 15 September 1794Battle of BoxtelFlanders French First Republic Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Darmstadt
French victory
17 – 18 September 1794Battle of Sprimont
(Battle of the Ourthe)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
21 September 1794First Battle of DegoItaly French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
2 October 1794Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)
(Battle of the Roer)
Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
19 October 1794Battle of PuiflijkFlanders French First Republic Great Britain
Armée des émigrés
French victory
27 October – 8 November 1794Siege of Nijmegen (1794)Flanders French First Republic Dutch Republic
 Great Britain
 Electorate of Hanover
Hesse-Kassel
French victory
22 November 1794 – 7 June 1795Siege of Luxembourg (1794–95)Flanders French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench key victory
End Flanders campaign
24 January 1795Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderFlanders French First Republic
 Batavian Republic
 Dutch RepublicFrench victory
14 February 1795Action of 14 February 1795Mediterranean
Pyrenees
 French First Republic Bourbon SpainCoalition victory
14 March 1795Battle of Genoa (1795)
(Battle of Cape Noli)
Italy French First Republic Great Britain
 Kingdom of Naples
Coalition victory
April 1795 – January 1796Rhine campaign of 1795Rhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
23 June 1795Battle of GroixOverseas French First Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
23 June – 21 July 1795Invasion of France (1795)
(Battle of Quiberon)
Overseas French First Republic Great Britain
French Royalists
French victory
13 July 1795Battle of the Hyères IslandsMediterranean French First Republic Great Britain
 Kingdom of Naples
Coalition victory
22 August 1795Action of 22 August 1795Overseas Batavian Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
24 September 1795Battle of HandschuhsheimRhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
5 October 179513 VendémiaireParis French Republicans French RoyalistsRepublican key victory
7 October 1795Battle of the Levant ConvoyMediterranean French First Republic Great BritainFrench victory
11 – 12 October 1795Battle of Höchst (1795)Rhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
18 October 1795Battle of Mannheim (1795)Rhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
18 October – 22 November 1795Siege of Mannheim (1795)Rhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
29 October 1795Battle of MainzRhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
10 November 1795Battle of Pfeddersheim (1795)
(Battle of the Pfrimm)
Rhine 1795 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
23 – 24 November 1795Battle of LoanoItaly French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
10 – 28 April 1796Montenotte campaignItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French key victory
Sardinia sues for peace
10 April 1796Battle of VoltriItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
10 – 11 April 1796Battle of MontenotteItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
13 – 14 April 1796Battle of MillesimoItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
14 – 15 April 1796Second Battle of DegoItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia
French victory
16 April 1796Battle of CevaItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Kingdom of SardiniaFrench victory
21 April 1796Battle of MondovìItaly
Montenotte
 French First Republic Kingdom of SardiniaFrench victory
7 – 9 May 1796Battle of FombioItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
10 May 1796Battle of LodiItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
12 May 1796Action of 12 May 1796Overseas Batavian Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
30 May 1796Battle of BorghettoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
1 June – 21 July 1796Early clashes in the
Rhine campaign of 1796
Rhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
1 June 1796Battle of SiegburgRhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
4 June 1796Battle of AltenkirchenRhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
15 June 1796Battle of MaudachRhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
15 June 1796Battle of Wetzlar (1796)Rhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
23 – 24 June 1796Battle of Kehl (1796)Rhine 1796
Early clashes
 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
4 July 1796 – 2 February 1797Siege of Mantua (1796–97)Italy French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
5 July 1796Battle of Rastatt (1796)Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
3 – 4 August 1796Battle of LonatoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
5 August 1796Battle of CastiglioneItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
6 August 1796Battle of PeschieraItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
28 August – 5 September 1796Newfoundland expeditionOverseas French First Republic
Bourbon Spain
 Great Britain
Newfoundland Colony
French victory
3 September 1796Battle of WürzburgRhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition decisive victory
4 September 1796Battle of RoveretoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
8 September 1796Battle of BassanoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
16 – 19 September 1796Battle of Limburg (1796)
(2nd Battle of Altenkirchen / Battle of the Lahn)
Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
18 September 1796Second Battle of Kehl (1796)Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyStalemate
2 October 1796Battle of Biberach (1796)Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
19 October 1796Battle of EmmendingenRhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
19 – 22 October 1796French reconquest of Corsica (1796)Mediterranean French First Republic Great Britain
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom
French victory
24 October 1796Battle of SchliengenRhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
26 October 1796 – 9 January 1797Siege of Kehl (1796–97)Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
6 November 1796Second Battle of BassanoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
6 – 7 November 1796Battle of CallianoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
12 November 1796Battle of Caldiero (1796)Italy French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
15 – 17 November 1796Battle of ArcoleItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797Siege of Hüningen (1796–97)Rhine 1796 French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyCoalition victory
December 1796French expedition to Ireland (1796)Overseas French First Republic
United Irishmen
 Great Britain
 Kingdom of Ireland
Coalition victory
14 – 15 January 1797Battle of RivoliItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench decisive victory
3 or 4 February 1797Battle of FaenzaItaly French First Republic Papal StatesFrench victory
22 – 24 February 1797Battle of FishguardItaly French First Republic Great BritainCoalition victory
16 March 1797Battle of TagliamentoItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
16 March 1797Battle of Valvasone (1797)Italy French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
20 March 1797Tyrol expeditionItaly French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
21 – 23 March 1797Battle of Tarvis (1797)Italy French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
17 – 25 April 1797Veronese EasterItaly French First Republic Veronese rebelsFrench victory
Fall of Venice
18 April 1797Battle of Neuwied (1797)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
20 – 21 April 1797Battle of Diersheim (1797)Rhine French First Republic Habsburg MonarchyFrench victory
11 October 1797Battle of CamperdownOverseas Batavian Republic Great BritainCoalition decisive victory

References

  1. Digby Smith, The Napoleonic Wars Data Book (London 1998), p. 23. Greenhill. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
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