List of battles involving France in modern history

This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history.

These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Opération Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.

The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:

Modern history (1789–present)

National Convention (1792–1795)

Battle Date Location Allies Enemies Result War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Capture of Porrentruy 28 April 1792 Switzerland None Habsburg EmpireVictory 1st Battle of Quiévrain 28 April 1792 Belgium Battle of Marquain 29 April 1792 Defeat 2nd Battle of Quiévrain 30 April 1792 Battle of Harelbeke 23 June 1792 Capture of Longwy 19–23 August 1792 France Siege of Thionville 24 August – 30 September 1792 Habsburg Empire Émigrés Victory Battle of Valmy 12 September 1792 Habsburg Empire Émigrés Siege of Lille 29 September – 8 October 1792 Habsburg Empire First Siege of Mayence 19–21 October 1792 Germany Electorate of Mainz Battle of Jemappes 6 November 1792 Belgium Habsburg Empire Siege of Namur 19 November – 1 December 1792 Battle of Neerwinden 18 March 1793 Defeat Siege of Coné 8 April – 12 July 1793 France Second Siege of Mayence 10 April – 23 July 1793 Germany Hesse-KasselHesse-DarmstadtElectorate of the PalatinateSaxe-Weimar Battle of Raismes 8 May 1793 France Austria Prussia Battle of Famars 23 May 1793 Habsburg Austria Hanover Capture of San Pietro and Sant'Antioco 25 May 1793 Italy Spain First Battle of Arlon 9 June 1793 Belgium Habsburg Austria Victory Siege of Valenciennes 13 June – 28 July 1793 France Defeat Action of 18 June 1793 18 June 1793 English Channel Action of 31 July 1793 31 July 1793 France Indecisive Siege of Dunkirk 24 August – 8 September 1793 Hanover Hesse-Kassel Victory Battle of Hondshoote 8 September 1793 Archduchy of Austria Hesse-Kassel Hanover Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec 12 September 1793 Defeat Battle of Méribel 13 September 1793 Victory Siege of Toulon 18 September – 18 December 1793 French Royalists Naples and Sicily First Battle of Wissembourg 13 October 1793 Hesse-Kassel Émigrés Defeat Battle of Wattignies 16 October 1793 Victory Battle of Kaiserslautern 28–30 November 1793 Germany Defeat Battle of Woerth-Froeschwiller 22 December 1793 France Victory Battle of Geisberg 26 December 1793 Second Battle of Wissembourg 26 – 27 December 1793 Electorate of Bavaria Hesse-Kassel Battle of Martinique 5 February 1794 Martinique Defeat Siege of Saint-Florent 7–18 February 1794 France Corsica Siege of Bastia 4 April – 19 May 1794 Invasion of Guadeloupe 11 April 1794 – 10 December 1794 Guadeloupe Victory Second Battle of Arlon 17–18 April 1794 Belgium Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies 24 April 1794 France Habsburg Austria Defeat Battle of Saorgio 24–28 April 1794 Italy Habsburg Austria Victory Battle of Beaumont 26 April 1794 France Habsburg Austria Defeat Battle of Mouscron 29 April 1794 Belgium Habsburg Austria Hanover Victory Action of 5 May 1794 5 May 1794 Indian Ocean Defeat Action of 7 May 1794 5–7 May 1794 Atlantic Ocean Battle of Tourcoing 18 May 1794 France Hanover Victory Battle of Tournay 22 May 1794 Belgium Habsburg Austria Hanover Defeat Glorious First of June 1 June 1794 France Indecisive Battle of Fleurus 26 June 1794 Belgium Brunswick-Lüneburg Victory Battle of Trippstadt 13 July 1794 France Saxony Austria Siege of Calvi July – 10 August 1794 Anglo-Corsican Kingdom Defeat Battle of Sprimont 18 September 1794 Belgium Habsburg AustriaVictory Battle of Aldenhoven 2 October 1794 Germany First Battle of Dego 21 September 1794 Italy Action of 6 November 1794 6 November 1794 Atlantic Ocean Siege of Luxembourg 22 November 1794 – 7 June 1795 Luxembourg Habsburg Austria Action of 8 March 1795 8 March 1795 Mediterranean Battle of Genoa 14 March 1795 Ligurian Sea Kingdom of Naples and Sicily Defeat Action of 10 April 1795 10–11 April 1795 Atlantic Ocean Battle of Groix 23 June 1795 France Battle of Quiberon 23 June – 21 July 1795 Chouans Émigrés Victory Battle of Hyères Islands 13 July 1795 Mediterranean Naples and Sicily Defeat Battle of Île d'Yeu 26 August – 1 November 1795 France Émigrés Victory Battle of Mainz 29 October 1795 Germany Habsburg Austria Defeat War of the Pyrenees (1793–1795) Battle of Céret 20 April 1793 France None Spain Defeat Battle of Mas Deu 19 May 1793 Siege of Bellegarde 23 May – 24 June 1793 Spain Émigrés Battle of Peyrestortes 17 September 1793 SpainVictory Battle of Truillas 22 September 1793 Defeat Capture of Fort-Dauphin 28–29 January 1794 Haiti Battle of Boulou 30 April 1794 France Spain PortugalVictory Battle of the Baztan Valley 24 July 1794 Spain Spain Battle of San-Lorenzo de la Muga 13 August 1794 Spain Portugal Battle of Orbaitzeta 15–17 October 1794 Spain Émigrés Battle of the Black Mountain 17–20 November 1794 Spain Portugal Siege of Roses 28 November 1794 – 4 February 1795 Spain Battle of the Gulf of Roses 14 February 1795 Gulf of Roses Battle of Pontós 11 June 1795 Spain Defeat

Directory (1795–1799)

Battle Date Location Allies Enemies Result War of the First Coalition (1792–1797) Battle of Ettlingen 9 July 1796 Germany None Habsburg Austria Victory Battle of Neresheim 11 August 1796 Battle of Amberg 24 August 1796Defeat Battle of Friedberg 24 August 1796Victory Battle of Würzburg 3 September 1796Defeat Battle of Biberach 2 October 1796Victory Battle of Emmendingen 19 October 1796Defeat Battle of Schliengen 24 October 1796 Siege of Kehl October 1796 – January 1797 Action of 13 January 1797 13 January 1797 Bay of Biscay Battle of Fishguard 22–24 February 1797 Wales Battle of Neuwied 18 April 1797 Germany Habsburg AustriaVictory Battle of Diersheim 20 April 1797 Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1796–1797) Battle of Loano 22 November 1795 Italy None Habsburg Austria Victory Battle of Voltri 10 April 1796 Habsburg Austria Defeat Battle of Montenotte 12 April 1796 Habsburg AustriaVictory Battle of Millesimo 13 April 1796 Second Battle of Dego 14–15 April 1796 Battle of Ceva 16 April 1796 Battle of Mondovì 21 April 1796 Battle of Fombio 7–9 May 1796 Habsburg Austria Battle of Lodi 10 May 1796 Battle of Borghetto 30 May 1796 Siege of Mantua 4 July 1796 – 2 February 1797 Battle of Lonato 2–3 August 1796 Battle of Castiglione 5 August 1796 Battle of Rovereto 4 September 1796 Battle of Bassano 8 September 1796 Battle of La Favorita 15 September 1796 Second Battle of Bassano 6 November 1796 Defeat Battle of Calliano 6–7 November 1796 Battle of Caldiero 12 November 1796 Battle of the Bridge of Arcole 15–17 November 1796 Victory Battle of La Favorita 16 January 1797 Battle of Rivoli 14–15 January 1797 Battle of Faenza 3–4 February 1797 Papal States Battle of Valvasone 16 March 1797 Habsburg Austria Battle of Tarvis 21–23 March 1797 Tyrol Invasion 20 March–8 May 1797 Austria Habsburg Austria Tyrolean people Veronese Easters 17–25 April 1797 Italy Veronese people Irish Rebellion of 1798 Battle of Castlebar 27 August 1798 Ireland United Irishmen Victory Battle of Collooney 5 September 1798 Battle of Ballinamuck 8 September 1798 Defeat Battle of Killala 23 September 1798 Battle of Tory Island 12 October 1798 None Quasi-War Capture of La Croyable 7 July 1798 New Jersey None Defeat Capture of USS Retaliation 20 November 1798 Guadeloupe Victory USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente 9 February 1799 Nevis Defeat French Campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) Capture of Malta 9–11 June 1798 Malta None Order of St. John Victory Battle of Chobrakit 12 July 1798 Egypt Mamluks Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798 Mamluks Battle of the Nile 1–2 August 1798 Defeat Siege of Malta 2 September 1798 – 4 September 1800 Malta Malta Portugal Naples Revolt of Cairo 21 October 1798 Egypt Victory Action of 14 December 1798 14 December 1798 Gironde estuary Siege of El Arish 8–19 February 1799 Egypt Siege of Jaffa 3–7 March 1799 Palestine Siege of Acre 20 March – 21 May 1799 Defeat Battle of Mount Tabor 16 April 1799 Victory First Battle of Abukir 25 July 1799 Egypt War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) Battle of Grauholz 5 March 1798 Switzerland None Switzerland Victory Siege of Corfu 18 November 1798 – 2 March 1799 Greece Defeat Battle of Ostrach 20–21 March 1799 Germany Habsburg monarchy Battle of Feldkirch 23 March 1799 Switzerland Victory First Battle of Stockach 25 March 1799 Germany Defeat Battle of Winterthur 27 May 1799 Switzerland Battle of Oberwald 13–14 August 1799 Victory Battle of Schwyz 14–15 August 1799 Defeat First Battle of Zürich 4–7 June 1799 Battle of Krabbendam 10 September 1799 Netherlands Battle of Bergen 19 September 1799 Victory Second Battle of Zürich 25–26 September 1799 Switzerland None Austria Battle of Linth 25 September 1799 Habsburg monarchy Battle of Alkmaar 2 October 1799 Netherlands Defeat Battle of Castricum 6 October 1799 Victory

Consulate (1799–1804)

Battle Date Location Allies Enemies Result Quasi-War (1798–1800) Action of 1 January 1800 1 January 1800 Haïti None Indecisive USS Constellation vs La Vengeance 1–2 February 1800 Saint Kitts Battle of Puerto Plata Harbor 11 May 1800 Dominican Republic Defeat Invasion of Curaçao 22 July - 25 September 1800 Curaçao None USS Boston vs Berceau 12 October 1800 Guadeloupe USS Enterprise vs Flambeau 25 October 1800 Dominica French Campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) Battle of Heliopolis 20 March 1800 Egypt None Victory Second Battle of Abukir 8 March 1801 Defeat Battle of Mandora 13 March 1801 Battle of Alexandria 21 March 1801 Siege of Fort Julien 8 – 19 April 1801 Siege of Cairo May – June 1801 Siege of Alexandria 17 August – 2 September 1801 War of the Second Coalition (1799–1802) Battle of Wiesloch 3 December 1799 Germany None Habsburg Austria Defeat Battle of Messkirch 4–5 May 1800 Victory Battle of Engen 3 May 1800 Second Battle of Stockach 3 May 1800 Battle of Höchstädt 19 June 1800 Battle of Ampfing 1 December 1800 Defeat Battle of Hohenlinden 3 December 1800 Habsburg Austria Electorate of Bavaria Victory War of the Oranges 20 May – 9 June 1801 Portugal Portugal First Battle of Algeciras Bay 6 July 1801 Spain Second Battle of Algeciras Bay 12 July 1801 Defeat Raids on Boulogne 4 and 15–16 August 1801 English Channel None Victory French Campaign in Italy (1799–1800) Battle of Magnano 5 April 1799 Italy None Habsburg Austria Defeat Siege of Mantua April – 4 July 1799 Battle of Cassano 27 April 1799 Habsburg Austria Battle of Trebbia 17–19 June 1799 Battle of Novi 15 August 1799 Battle of Montebello 9 June 1800 Habsburg AustriaVictory Siege of Genoa 20 April – 4 June 1800 Battle of Marengo 14 June 1800 Battle of Pozzolo 25 December 1800 Haitian Revolution (1791–1804) Saint-Domingue expedition December 1801 – December 1802 Haïti None Haitian Rebels Defeat Battle of Vertières 18 November 1803

First Empire (1804–1814/1815)