A list of all important battles fought by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. This battles list includes any Louis Napoleon Bonaparte battles, conflicts, campaigns, wars, skirmishes or military engagements of any kind. This list displays the battles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte fought in alphabetically, but the battles/military engagements contain information such as where the battle was fought and who else was involved. List is made up of a variety of items, including Peninsular War and Siege of Jaffa.
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Battle of AbensbergAbensberg, Germany - The Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809, between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant ...more
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Battle of AbukirAbu Qir, Egypt - The Battle of Abukir was a battle in which Napoleon Bonaparte defeated Seid Mustafa Pasha's Ottoman army on 25 July 1799, during the French campaign in Egypt. No sooner had the French forces ...more
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Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeArcis-sur-Aube, France - The Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube was Napoleon’s penultimate battle before his abdication and exile to Elba. Encountering Field Marshal Schwarzenberg's larger Austrian force, Napoleon Bonaparte ...more
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Battle of Aspern-EsslingLobau, Austria - In the Battle of Aspern-Essling, Napoleon attempted a forced crossing of the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were driven back by the Austrians under Archduke Charles. The ...more
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Battle of AusterlitzMoravia, Czech Republic - The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. Widely regarded as the greatest victory ...more
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Battle of BassanoVenetia - The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and ...more
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Battle of BautzenBautzen, Germany - In the Battle of Bautzen a combined Russian/Prussian army was pushed back by Napoleon, but escaped destruction, some sources claim, because Michel Ney failed to block their retreat. The ...more
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Battle of BerezinaBerezina River, Belarus - The Battle of Berezina took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia and crossing the Berezina, and the Russian armies ...more
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Battle of BorghettoValeggio sul Mincio, Italy - The Battle of Borghetto, near Valeggio sul Mincio in the Veneto of northern Italy, occurred during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. On 30 May 1796, a French ...more
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Battle of BorodinoBorodino (village), Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast - The Battle of Borodino, fought on September 7, 1812, was a major engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia. The fighting involved around 250,000 troops and produced ...more
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Battle of BrienneBrienne-le-Château, France - The Battle of Brienne was fought on January 29, 1814, and resulted in the victory of Emperor Napoleon I's French forces over the Russian and Prussian forces commanded by the Prussian ...more
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Battle of CaldieroCaldiero, Italy - In the Battle of Caldiero on 12 November 1796, a Habsburg Austrian army led by Jozsef Alvinczi fought a First French Republic army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte. The French assaulted the ...more
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Battle of CastiglioneVenetia - The Battle of Castiglione saw the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte attack an army of Habsburg Austria led by Feldmarschall Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser on 5 August 1796. The ...more
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Battle of ChampaubertParis, France - The Battle of Champaubert was the opening engagement of the Six Days Campaign. It was fought on 10 February 1814 by a French force under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under ...more
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Battle of Château-ThierryChâteau-Thierry, France - The Battle of Château-Thierry occurred on 12 February 1814 between the vanguard of the Army of Silesia under Marshal von Blücher and a French army under Emperor Napoleon I. It was a
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Battle of CraonneCraonne, France - The Battle of Craonne was fought on 7 March 1814 and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under General Blücher. Craonne is a village on the Chemin ...more
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Battle of DresdenDresden, Germany - The Battle of Dresden was fought on 26–27 August 1813 around Dresden, Germany, resulting in a French victory under Napoleon against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and ...more
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Battle of EckmühlBavaria, Germany - The Battle of Eckmühl fought on 21 April – 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition. Napoleon I had been unprepared for the ...more
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Battle of EylauBagrationovsk, Russia - The Battle of Eylau or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, 7 and 8 February 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive battle between Napoléon's Grande Armée and a Russian Empire army under Levin ...more
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Battle of FombioFombio, Italy - The Battle of Fombio was fought between the French Army of Italy led by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Austrian army under Feldzeugmeister Johann Peter Beaulieu between 7 and 9 May 1796. It was the ...more
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Battle of HanauHanau, Germany - The Battle of Hanau was fought on between Karl Philipp von Wrede’s Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon's retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following Napoleon's defeat at ...more
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Battle of Jena–AuerstedtJena, Germany - The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William ...more
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Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Krasninsky District, Smolensk Oblast - The Battle of Krasnoi was a series of skirmishes fought in the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians under General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov inflicted heavy losses on ...more
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Battle of La RothièreLa Rothière, France - The Battle of La Rothière was fought on 1 February 1814 between the French Empire and allied army of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and German States previously allies with France. The French ...more
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Battle of LandshutBavaria, Germany - The Battle of Landshut took place on April 21, 1809, between the French, Württembergers and Bavarians under Napoleon which numbered about 77,000 strong, and 36,000 Austrians under the ...more
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Battle of LaonLaon, France - The Battle of Laon was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon.
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Battle of LeipzigLeipzig, Germany - The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations was fought 16–19 October 1813, at Leipzig, in Saxony. The coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden, led by Tsar Alexander I of ...more
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Battle of LignyLigny, Belgium - The Battle of Ligny was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon I. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon's command, defeated a Prussian army under ...more
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Battle of LodiLodi, Italy - The Battle of Lodi was fought on May 10, 1796 between French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy. The rear guard ...more
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Battle of LonatoWilliamsburg, Virginia, United States of America - The Battle of Lonato was fought on 3 and 4 August 1796 between the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte and a corps-sized Austrian column led by Lieutenant General Peter ...more
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Battle of MarengoProvince of Alessandria, Italy - The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. The French overcame General ...more
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Battle of MillesimoMillesimo, Italy - The Battle of Millesimo, fought on 13 and 14 April 1796, was the name that Napoleon Bonaparte gave in his correspondence to one of a series of small battles that were fought in Liguria, Northern ...more
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Battle of MondovìPiedmont, Italy - The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by Michelangelo Alessandro ...more
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Battle of MontenotteCairo Montenotte, Italy - The Battle of Montenotte was fought on 12 April 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, between the French army under General Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian corps under Count ...more
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Battle of MontereauMontereau-Fault-Yonne, France - The Battle of Montereau was fought near Montereau-Fault-Yonne on 18 February 1814 and resulted in the victory of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrians and the ...more
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Battle of MontmirailMontmirail, Marne, France - The Battle of Montmirail was a battle fought near Montmirail, France, during the Six Days Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 11 February 1814 and resulted in the victory of the ...more
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Battle of MormansMormant, France - The Battle of Mormans was fought on 17 February 1814 and resulted in the victory of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Russians and Württembergers under Count Petr Petrovich
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Battle of Mount TaborJezreel Valley, Israel - In the Battle of Mount Tabor, or Skirmish of Mount Tabor, French forces under General Kleber opposed an Ottoman force led by the Pasha of Damascus on 16 April 1799. General Bonaparte was ...more
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Battle of ReimsReims, France - The Battle of Reims was fought at Reims on 13 March 1814 between the French Empire and a Russian-Prussian force. The French, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, were victorious.
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Battle of RivoliRivoli, Piedmont, Italy - The Battle of Rivoli was a key victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austria. Napoleon Bonaparte's 23,000 Frenchmen defeated an attack of 28,000 Austrians under Feldzeugmeister Jozsef ...more
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Battle of RoveretoRovereto, Italy - In the Battle of Rovereto on 4 September 1796 a French army commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated an Austrian corps led by Paul Davidovich during the War of the First Coalition, part of the ...more
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Battle of Saint-DizierSaint-Dizier, France - The Battle of Saint-Dizier was a battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition, fought on 26 March 1814, and is notable as Napoleon's last victory before he abdicated.
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Battle of SmolenskSmolensk, Russia - The Battle of Smolensk, the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia took place on August 16–18, 1812, between 175,000 men of the Grande Armée under Napoleon Bonaparte and ...more
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Battle of SomosierraMadrid, Spain - The Battle of Somosierra occurred November 30, 1808 in the Peninsular War, when a French army under Napoleon I forced a passage through the Sierra de Guadarrama shielding Madrid. At the ...more
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Battle of Teugen-HausenTeugn, Germany - The Battle of Teugen-Hausen or the Battle of Thann was an engagement that occurred during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was fought on 19 April 1809 ...more
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Battle of the Bridge of ArcoleArcole, Italy - The Battle of Arcole or Battle of Arcola was a battle fought between French and Austrian forces 25 kilometres southeast of Verona during the War of the First Coalition, a part of the French ...more
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Battle of the PyramidsCairo, Egypt - The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on July 21, 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt. The French army under Napoleon Bonaparte ...more
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Battle of UlmUlm, Germany - The Battle of Ulm on 16–19 October 1805 was a series of skirmishes, at the end of the Ulm Campaign, which allowed Napoleon I to trap an entire Austrian army under the command of Karl Freiherr ...more
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Battle of VauchampsFrance - The Battle of Vauchamps, the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, was fought on 14 February 1814. It resulted in a part of the Grande Armée ...more
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Battle of WagramVienna, Austria - The Battle of Wagram was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars and ended in a decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon I's French and allied army against the ...more
