List of battles of the War of the First Coalition explained

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 Low Countries theatre, or Flanders campaign (1792–1795);
• the Rhine campaigns (Valmy campaign August–September 1792, Mainz/Frankfurt October 1792, Rhine campaign of 1793–94, Rhine campaign of 1795, Rhine campaign of 1796);
• the April 1792 incursions into Switzerland;
• the Italian campaigns (April 1792 – October 1797);
• the Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796;
• the War of the Pyrenees (March 1793 – July 1795);
• 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), as these did not involve the First Coalition as such.

data-sort-type=date	Date	Battle	Front	French forces	Coalition forces	Notes
28 April 1792		Switzerland			French victory
28 April 1792		Flanders			French victory
29 April 1792		Flanders			Coalition victory
30 April 1792		Flanders			Coalition victory
23 June 1792		Flanders			Coalition victory
10 August 1792	Insurrection of 10 August 1792 (Storming of the Tuileries)	Paris	French Republicans	French Royalists	Republican key victory King Louis XVI captured
data-sort-value="19 August 1792"	19 – 23 August 1792		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="24 August 1792"	24 August – 16 October 1792	Siege of Thionville (1792)	Rhine		Armée des émigrés	French victory
29 August 1792	Battle of Verdun (1792)	Rhine			Coalition victory
20 September 1792	Battle of Valmy	Rhine		• Armée des émigrés	French strategic victory Republic proclaimed
data-sort-value="25 September 1792"	25 September – 8 October 1792		Flanders			French victory
28 September 1792					French victory
data-sort-value="18 October 1792"	18 – 21 October 1792		Rhine			French victory
22 October 1792		Rhine			French victory
23 October 1792		Rhine			French pyrrhic victory
6 November 1792					French key victory
9 November 1792		Rhine			French victory
13 November 1792					French victory
data-sort-value="21 November 1792"	21 November – 1 December 1792					French victory
data-sort-value="21 December 1792"	21 December 1792 – 25 May 1793					Coalition victory (21 Jan: Louis XVI executed)
data-sort-value="6 February 1793"	6 February – 2 March 1793				Armée des émigrés	Coalition victory
data-sort-value="21 February 1793"	21 – 27 February 1793					French pyrrhic victory
1 March 1793					Coalition key victory
18 March 1793					Coalition key victory
data-sort-value="8 April 1793"	8 April – 12 July 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="14 April 1793"	14 April – 23 July 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
8 May 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="17 May 1793"	17 – 19 May 1793					Coalition victory
23 May 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="23 May 1793"	23 May – 24 June 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="8 June 1793"	8 – 12 June 1793					Coalition victory
9 June 1793					French victory
data-sort-value="13 June 1793"	13 June – 28 July 1793					Coalition victory
17 July 1793	Battle of Perpignan (Battle of Niel)				French victory
7 August 1793					Coalition victory
17 August 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="20 August 1793"	20 August – 23 December 1793		Rhine			French victory
data-sort-value="24 August 1793"	24 August – 8 September 1793					French victory
data-sort-value="28 August 1793"	28 August – 13 September 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="29 August 1793"	29 August – 19 December 1793				French Royalists Kingdom of Spain	French victory
data-sort-value="6 September 1793"	6 – 8 September 1793					French victory
12 September 1793					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="12 September 1793"	12 – 13 September 1793	Battle of Menin (1793) (Battle of Wervik)				French victory
13 September 1793					French victory
14 September 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
15 September 1793					Coalition victory
15 September 1793					French victory
17 September 1793					French victory
data-sort-value="30 September 1793"	30 September – 16 October 1793					French victory
3 October 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
13 October 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="14 October 1793"	14 October – 14 November 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="15 October 1793"	15 – 16 October 1793					French victory
17 November 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="18 November 1793"	18 November – 22 December 1793		Rhine			French victory
data-sort-value="28 November 1793"	28 – 30 November 1793		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="18 December 1793"	18 – 22 December 1793		Rhine			French victory
data-sort-value="20 December 1793"	20 – 23 December 1793					French victory
data-sort-value="26 December 1793"	26 – 29 December 1793		Rhine			French strategic victory
5 February 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="5 February 1794"	5 February – 24 March 1794		Overseas			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="7 February 1794"	7 February – 10 August 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="7 February 1794"	7 – 20 February 1794					Coalition victory
29 March 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="4 April 1794"	4 April – 22 May 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="11 April 1794"	11 April – 10 December 1794		Overseas			French victory
data-sort-value="17 April 1794"	17 – 18 April 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="17 April 1794"	17 – 30 April 1794					Coalition pyrrhic victory
24 April 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="24 April 1794"	24 – 28 April 1794					French victory
26 April 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="26 April 1794"	26 – 30 April 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="2 May 1794"	2 May – 1 June 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="6 May 1794"	6 – 29 May 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="10 May 1794"	10 – 12 May 1794					French victory
13 May 1794	Battle of Grandreng (Battle of Rouvroi)				Coalition victory
18 May 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="20 May 1794"	20 – 24 May 1794	Battle of Erquelinnes (Battle of Péchant)				Coalition victory
22 May 1794					Coalition victory
23 May 1794		Rhine			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="30 May 1794"	30 May – 3 June 1794	Battle of Gosselies (Battle of Charleroi)				Coalition victory
1 June 1794	Glorious First of June (Combat de Prairial)				Coalition tactical victory French strategic victory
data-sort-value="1 June 1794"	1 – 18 June 1794				Hesse-Kassel	French victory
data-sort-value="12 June 1794"	12 – 16 June 1794					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="17 June 1794"	17 June – 10 August 1794					Coalition victory
19 – 25 June 1794	Third siege of Charleroi				French tactical victory
26 June 1794	Battle of Fleurus (1794)				French decisive victory
data-sort-value="13 July 1794"	13 – 17 July 1794		Rhine			French victory
17 July 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="14 September 1794"	14 – 15 September 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="17 September 1794"	17 – 18 September 1794	Battle of Sprimont (Battle of the Ourthe)				French victory
21 September 1794					French victory
2 October 1794	Battle of Aldenhoven (1794) (Battle of the Roer)				French victory
19 October 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="27 October 1794"	27 October – 8 November 1794					French victory
data-sort-value="22 November 1794"	22 November 1794 – 7 June 1795					French key victory End Flanders campaign
24 January 1795					French victory
14 February 1795					Coalition victory
14 March 1795	Battle of Genoa (1795) (Battle of Cape Noli)				Coalition victory
data-sort-value="1 April 1795"	April 1795 – January 1796					Coalition victory
23 June 1795		Overseas			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="23 June 1795"	23 June – 21 July 1795	Invasion of France (1795) (Battle of Quiberon)	Overseas			French victory
13 July 1795					Coalition victory
22 August 1795		Overseas			Coalition victory
24 September 1795					Coalition victory
5 October 1795		Paris			Republican key victory
7 October 1795					French victory
data-sort-value="11 October 1795"	11 – 12 October 1795					Coalition victory
18 October 1795					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="18 October 1795"	18 October – 22 November 1795					Coalition victory
29 October 1795					Coalition victory
10 November 1795	Battle of Pfeddersheim (1795) (Battle of the Pfrimm)				Coalition victory
data-sort-value="23 November 1795"	23 – 24 November 1795					French victory
data-sort-value="10 April 1796"	10 – 28 April 1796					French key victory Sardinia sues for peace
10 April 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="10 April 1796"	10 – 11 April 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="13 April 1796"	13 – 14 April 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="14 April 1796"	14 – 15 April 1796					French victory
16 April 1796					French victory
21 April 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="7 May 1796"	7 – 9 May 1796					French victory
10 May 1796					French victory
12 May 1796		Overseas			Coalition victory
30 May 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="1 June 1796"	1 June – 21 July 1796					French victory
1 June 1796					French victory
4 June 1796					French victory
15 June 1796					French victory
15 June 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="23 June 1796"	23 – 24 June 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="4 July 1796"	4 July 1796 – 2 February 1797					French victory
5 July 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="3 August 1796"	3 – 4 August 1796					French victory
5 August 1796					French victory
6 August 1796					French victory
24 August 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="28 August 1796"	28 August – 5 September 1796		Overseas			French victory
3 September 1796					Coalition decisive victory
4 September 1796					French victory
8 September 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="16 September 1796"	16 – 19 September 1796	Battle of Limburg (1796) (2nd Battle of Altenkirchen / Battle of the Lahn)				Coalition victory
18 September 1796					Stalemate
2 October 1796					French victory
19 October 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="19 October 1796"	19 – 22 October 1796					French victory
24 October 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="26 October 1796"	26 October 1796 – 9 January 1797					Coalition victory
6 November 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="6 November 1796"	6 – 7 November 1796					Coalition victory
12 November 1796					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="15 November 1796"	15 – 17 November 1796					French victory
data-sort-value="27 November 1796"	27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797					Coalition victory
data-sort-value="1 December 1796"	December 1796		Overseas			Coalition victory
data-sort-value="14 January 1797"	14 – 15 January 1797					French decisive victory
data-sort-value="3 February 1797"	3 or 4 February 1797					French victory
data-sort-value="22 February 1797"	22 – 24 February 1797		Britain			Coalition victory
16 March 1797					French victory
16 March 1797					French victory
20 March 1797					French victory
data-sort-value="21 March 1797"	21 – 23 March 1797					French victory
data-sort-value="17 April 1797"	17 – 25 April 1797				Veronese rebels	French victory Fall of Venice
18 April 1797		Rhine			French victory
data-sort-value="20 April 1797"	20 – 21 April 1797		Rhine			French victory
11 October 1797		Overseas			Coalition decisive victory

See also

• List of battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2)
• List of battles of the War of the Third Coalition (1803/1805–1805/1806)
• List of battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807)
• List of battles of the War of the Fifth Coalition (10 April – 14 October 1809)
• List of battles of the War of the Sixth Coalition (3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814)
• List of battles of the Hundred Days (War of the Seventh Coalition) (15/20 March – 8 July / 16 August 1815)

Bibliography

• Book: Smith, Digby . Digby Smith . 1-85367-276-9 . The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book: Actions and Losses in Personnel, Colours, Standards and Artillery, 1792–1815 . . . 1998.
• Book: Dupuis, Victor César Eugène. Les opérations militaires sur la Sambre en 1794: Bataille de Fleurus. R Chapelot et Cie. 1907. Paris. French.