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The War of the First Coalition broke out in autumn 1792, when several European powers formed an alliance against Republican France.The first major operation was the annexation of the County of Nice and the Duchy of Savoy (both states of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) by 30,000 French troops.
The last chance to avoid the reunion of the Austrian armies with a consequent probable loss of the Italian possessions [58] was to beat, with the last 18,000 soldiers of Augereau and Masséna, the 23,000 of Alvinczy in a decisive battle. Napoleon put together a plan to take Villanova di San Bonifacio, thus hoping to engage in battle with ...
The Battle of Mondovì was fought on 21 April 1796 [3] between the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont led by Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi. The French victory meant that they had put the Ligurian Alps behind them, while the plains of Piedmont lay before them.
The King of Sardinia dishonored the alliance his father signed after Cherasco, so France declared war on Piedmont. General Joubert occupied the capital of Turin on 6 December 1798. King Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy signed a document of abdication on 8 December 1798, which also ordered his former subjects to recognise French laws and his troops ...
Meanwhile, Napoleon's forces won a series of Egyptian and Ottoman armies at the battles of the Pyramids, Mount Tabor, and Abukir, but lost a crucial Siege of Acre 1799 that turned the tide of the campaign. The perceived victories in Egypt further enhanced Napoleon's popularity back in France, and he returned to France in the autumn of 1799, but ...
In 1792, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the other states of the Savoy crown joined the War of the First Coalition against the French First Republic, but was beaten in 1796 by Napoleon and forced to conclude the disadvantageous Treaty of Paris (1796), giving the French army free passage through Piedmont.
Since the War of the Second Coalition (1798–1802) had already begun when Napoleon seized power, the war as a whole may [7] or may not be counted amongst the French Revolutionary Wars, which therefore may end in 1799, 1801 (Treaty of Lunéville), or 1802 (Treaty of Amiens).
Peninsular War; July 16–19: Battle of Bailén; 1809. April 19: Battle of Raszyn; May 22: Battle of Aspern-Essling; first defeat of Napoleon in 10 years; July 5–6: Battle of Wagram; success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System; July 27-28: Battle of Talavera; October 14: Treaty of Schönbrunn signed