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:
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.
Date | Battle | Front | French forces | Coalition forces | Notes |
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28 April 1792 | Capture of Porrentruy | Switzerland | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
28 April 1792 | 1st Battle of Quiévrain | Flanders | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
29 April 1792 | Battle of Marquain | Flanders | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
30 April 1792 | 2nd Battle of Quiévrain | Flanders | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
23 June 1792 | Battle of Harelbeke[1] | Flanders | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy | 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 |
19 – 23 August 1792 | Capture of Longwy | Rhine | Kingdom of the French | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
24 August – 16 October 1792 | Siege of Thionville (1792) | Rhine | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy * Armée des émigrés |
French victory |
29 August 1792 | Battle of Verdun (1792) | Rhine | Kingdom of the French | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
20 September 1792 | Battle of Valmy | Rhine | Kingdom of the French | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Prussia • Armée des émigrés |
French strategic victory Republic proclaimed |
25 September – 8 October 1792 | Siege of Lille (1792) | Flanders | French First Republic * Belgian exiles |
Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
28 September 1792 | Capture of Nice | Italy | French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | French victory |
18 – 21 October 1792 | Siege of Mainz (1792) | Rhine | French First Republic | Electorate of Mainz | French victory |
22 October 1792 | Recapture of Longwy | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
23 October 1792 | Battle of Frankfurt (1792) | Rhine | French First Republic | Free City of Frankfurt | French pyrrhic victory |
6 November 1792 | Battle of Jemappes | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French key victory |
9 November 1792 | Battle of Limburg (1792) | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
13 November 1792 | Battle of Anderlecht | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
21 November – 1 December 1792 | Siege of Namur (1792) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
21 December 1792 – 25 May 1793 | French expedition to Sardinia | Mediterranean | French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia Kingdom of Spain |
Coalition victory (21 Jan: Louis XVI executed) |
6 February – 2 March 1793 | Siege of Maastricht (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Dutch Republic * Armée des émigrés Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Prussia |
Coalition victory |
21 – 27 February 1793 | Siege of Breda (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Dutch Republic | French pyrrhic victory |
1 March 1793 | Battle of Aldenhoven (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition key victory |
18 March 1793 | Battle of Neerwinden (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition key victory |
8 April – 12 July 1793 | Siege of Condé (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy * Armée des émigrés |
Coalition victory |
14 April – 23 July 1793 | Siege 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 1793 | Battle of Raismes (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Kingdom of Prussia |
Coalition victory |
17 – 19 May 1793 | Battle of Mas Deu | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | Coalition victory |
23 May 1793 | Battle of Famars | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover |
Coalition victory |
23 May – 24 June 1793 | Siege of Bellegarde (1793) | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain * Armée des émigrés |
Coalition victory |
8 – 12 June 1793 | Battle of Saorgio (1793) | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
Coalition victory |
9 June 1793 | Battle of Arlon (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
13 June – 28 July 1793 | Siege of Valenciennes (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover |
Coalition victory |
17 July 1793 | Battle of Perpignan (Battle of Niel) |
Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | French victory |
7 August 1793 | Battle of Caesar's Camp | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover |
Coalition victory |
17 August 1793 | Battle of Lincelles | Flanders | French First Republic | Great Britain Dutch Republic |
Coalition victory |
20 August – 23 December 1793 | Siege of Landau (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
24 August – 8 September 1793 | Siege of Dunkirk (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover Hesse-Kassel |
French victory |
28 August – 13 September 1793 | Siege of Le Quesnoy (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy * Armée des émigrés |
Coalition victory |
29 August – 19 December 1793 | Siege of Toulon | Mediterranean | French First Republic | Great Britain * French Royalists Kingdom of Spain Kingdom of Naples Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
6 – 8 September 1793 | Battle of Hondschoote | Flanders | French First Republic | Great Britain Electorate of Hanover Hesse-Kassel |
French victory |
12 September 1793 | Battle of Avesnes-le-Sec | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
12 – 13 September 1793 | Battle of Menin (1793) (Battle of Wervik) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
French victory |
13 September 1793 | Battle of Méribel | Italy | French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | French victory |
14 September 1793 | Battle of Pirmasens | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
15 September 1793 | Battle of Courtrai (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain |
Coalition victory |
15 September 1793 | Battle of Epierre | Italy | French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | French victory |
17 September 1793 | Battle of Peyrestortes | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | French victory |
30 September – 16 October 1793 | Siege of Maubeuge (1793) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
French victory |
3 October 1793 | Battle of Bergzabern | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia * Armée des émigrés |
Coalition victory |
13 October 1793 | First Battle of Wissembourg (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Hesse-Kassel * Armée des émigrés |
Coalition victory |
14 October – 14 November 1793 | Siege of Fort-Louis (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Hesse-Darmstadt Electorate of Bavaria |
Coalition victory |
15 – 16 October 1793 | Battle of Wattignies | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
French victory |
17 November 1793 | Battle of Biesingen | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | Coalition victory |
18 November – 22 December 1793 | Battle of Haguenau (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy * Armée des émigrés Hesse-Kassel Electorate of Bavaria |
French victory |
28 – 30 November 1793 | Battle of Kaiserslautern | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony |
Coalition victory |
18 – 22 December 1793 | Battle of Froeschwiller (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
20 – 23 December 1793 | Battle of Collioure | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | French victory |
26 – 29 December 1793 | Second Battle of Wissembourg (1793) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Bavaria Hesse-Kassel |
French strategic victory |
5 February 1794 | Battle of Sans Culottes Camp | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Bourbon Spain | French victory |
5 February – 24 March 1794 | Battle of Martinique (1794) | Overseas | French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
7 February – 10 August 1794 | Invasion of Corsica (1794) | Mediterranean Corsica |
French First Republic | Great Britain * with Anglo-Corsican Kingdom |
Coalition victory |
7 – 20 February 1794 | Siege of San Fiorenzo | Mediterranean Corsica |
French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
29 March 1794 | Battle of Le Cateau (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
4 April – 22 May 1794 | Siege of Bastia | Mediterranean Corsica |
French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
11 April – 10 December 1794 | Invasion of Guadeloupe (1794) | Overseas | French First Republic | Great Britain | French victory |
17 – 18 April 1794 | Battle of Arlon (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
17 – 30 April 1794 | Siege of Landrecies (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition pyrrhic victory |
24 April 1794 | Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain |
Coalition victory |
24 – 28 April 1794 | Battle of Saorgio | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
26 April 1794 | Battle of Beaumont (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain |
Coalition victory |
26 – 30 April 1794 | Battle of Mouscron | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Electorate of Hanover * Armée des émigrés Hesse-Kassel |
French victory |
2 May – 1 June 1794 | Atlantic campaign of May 1794 | Overseas Atlantic |
French First Republic | Great Britain | French victory |
6 – 29 May 1794 | Siege of Collioure (1794) | Pyrenees | French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | French victory |
10 – 12 May 1794 | Battle of Courtrai (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover Hesse-Darmstadt |
French victory |
13 May 1794 | Battle of Grandreng (Battle of Rouvroi) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition victory |
18 May 1794 | Battle of Tourcoing | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover |
French victory |
20 – 24 May 1794 | Battle of Erquelinnes (Battle of Péchant) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition victory |
22 May 1794 | Battle of Tournay (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Great Britain Electorate of Hanover |
Coalition victory |
23 May 1794 | Battle of Kaiserslautern (1794) | Rhine | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Saxony Habsburg Monarchy Electorate of Bavaria |
Coalition victory |
30 May – 3 June 1794 | Battle of Gosselies (Battle of Charleroi) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition victory |
1 June 1794 | Glorious First of June (Combat de Prairial) |
Overseas Atlantic |
French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition tactical victory French strategic victory |
1 – 18 June 1794 | Siege of Ypres (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Hesse-Kassel Electorate of Hanover |
French victory |
12 – 16 June 1794 | Battle of Lambusart | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic |
Coalition victory |
17 June – 10 August 1794 | Siege of Calvi | Mediterranean Corsica |
French First Republic | Great Britain with Anglo-Corsican Kingdom |
Coalition victory |
19 – 25 June 1794[2] | Third siege of Charleroi[2] | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French tactical victory[3] |
26 June 1794 | Battle of Fleurus (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Dutch Republic Electorate of Hanover Great Britain |
French decisive victory |
13 – 17 July 1794 | Battle of Trippstadt | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Prussia |
French victory |
17 July 1794 | Recapture of Landrecies | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
14 – 15 September 1794 | Battle of Boxtel | Flanders | French First Republic | Great Britain Hesse-Kassel Hesse-Darmstadt |
French victory |
17 – 18 September 1794 | Battle of Sprimont (Battle of the Ourthe) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
21 September 1794 | First Battle of Dego | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
2 October 1794 | Battle of Aldenhoven (1794) (Battle of the Roer) |
Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
19 October 1794 | Battle of Puiflijk | Flanders | French First Republic | Great Britain * Armée des émigrés |
French victory |
27 October – 8 November 1794 | Siege of Nijmegen (1794) | Flanders | French First Republic | Dutch Republic Great Britain Electorate of Hanover Hesse-Kassel |
French victory |
22 November 1794 – 7 June 1795 | Siege of Luxembourg (1794–95) | Flanders | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French key victory End Flanders campaign |
24 January 1795 | Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder | Flanders | French First Republic Batavian Republic |
Dutch Republic | French victory |
14 February 1795 | Action of 14 February 1795 | Mediterranean Pyrenees |
French First Republic | Kingdom of Spain | Coalition victory |
14 March 1795 | Battle of Genoa (1795) (Battle of Cape Noli) |
Italy | French First Republic | Great Britain Kingdom of Naples |
Coalition victory |
April 1795 – January 1796 | Rhine campaign of 1795 | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
23 June 1795 | Battle of Groix | Overseas | French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
23 June – 21 July 1795 | Invasion of France (1795) (Battle of Quiberon) |
Overseas | French First Republic | Great Britain * French Royalists |
French victory |
13 July 1795 | Battle of the Hyères Islands | Mediterranean | French First Republic | Great Britain Kingdom of Naples |
Coalition victory |
22 August 1795 | Action of 22 August 1795 | Overseas | Batavian Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
24 September 1795 | Battle of Handschuhsheim | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
5 October 1795 | 13 Vendémiaire | Paris | French Republicans | French Royalists | Republican key victory |
7 October 1795 | Battle of the Levant Convoy | Mediterranean | French First Republic | Great Britain | French victory |
11 – 12 October 1795 | Battle of Höchst (1795) | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
18 October 1795 | Battle of Mannheim (1795) | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
18 October – 22 November 1795 | Siege of Mannheim (1795) | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
29 October 1795 | Battle of Mainz | Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
10 November 1795 | Battle of Pfeddersheim (1795) (Battle of the Pfrimm) |
Rhine 1795 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
23 – 24 November 1795 | Battle of Loano | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
10 – 28 April 1796 | Montenotte campaign | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French key victory Sardinia sues for peace |
10 April 1796 | Battle of Voltri | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
10 – 11 April 1796 | Battle of Montenotte | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
13 – 14 April 1796 | Battle of Millesimo | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
14 – 15 April 1796 | Second Battle of Dego | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy Kingdom of Sardinia |
French victory |
16 April 1796 | Battle of Ceva | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | French victory |
21 April 1796 | Battle of Mondovì | Italy Montenotte |
French First Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | French victory |
7 – 9 May 1796 | Battle of Fombio | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
10 May 1796 | Battle of Lodi | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
12 May 1796 | Action of 12 May 1796 | Overseas | Batavian Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
30 May 1796 | Battle of Borghetto | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
1 June – 21 July 1796 | Early clashes in the Rhine campaign of 1796 |
Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
1 June 1796 | Battle of Siegburg | Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
4 June 1796 | Battle of Altenkirchen | Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
15 June 1796 | Battle of Maudach | Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
15 June 1796 | Battle of Wetzlar (1796) | Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
23 – 24 June 1796 | Battle of Kehl (1796) | Rhine 1796 Early clashes |
French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
4 July 1796 – 2 February 1797 | Siege of Mantua (1796–97) | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
5 July 1796 | Battle of Rastatt (1796) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
3 – 4 August 1796 | Battle of Lonato | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
5 August 1796 | Battle of Castiglione | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
6 August 1796 | Battle of Peschiera | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
24 August 1796 | Battle of Friedberg (Bavaria) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Kingdom of Prussia | French victory |
28 August – 5 September 1796 | Newfoundland expedition | Overseas | French First Republic Kingdom of Spain |
Great Britain with its Newfoundland Colony |
French victory |
3 September 1796 | Battle of Würzburg | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition decisive victory |
4 September 1796 | Battle of Rovereto | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
8 September 1796 | Battle of Bassano | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
16 – 19 September 1796 | Battle of Limburg (1796) (2nd Battle of Altenkirchen / Battle of the Lahn) |
Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
18 September 1796 | Second Battle of Kehl (1796) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Stalemate |
2 October 1796 | Battle of Biberach (1796) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
19 October 1796 | Battle of Emmendingen | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
19 – 22 October 1796 | French reconquest of Corsica (1796) | Mediterranean | French First Republic | Great Britain with Anglo-Corsican Kingdom |
French victory |
24 October 1796 | Battle of Schliengen | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
26 October 1796 – 9 January 1797 | Siege of Kehl (1796–97) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
6 November 1796 | Second Battle of Bassano | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
6 – 7 November 1796 | Battle of Calliano | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
12 November 1796 | Battle of Caldiero (1796) | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
15 – 17 November 1796 | Battle of Arcole | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
27 November 1796 – 1 February 1797 | Siege of Hüningen (1796–97) | Rhine 1796 | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | Coalition victory |
December 1796 | French expedition to Ireland (1796) | Overseas | French First Republic * United Irishmen |
Great Britain | Coalition victory |
14 – 15 January 1797 | Battle of Rivoli | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French decisive victory |
3 or 4 February 1797 | Battle of Faenza | Italy | French First Republic | Papal States | French victory |
22 – 24 February 1797 | Battle of Fishguard | Britain | French First Republic | Great Britain | Coalition victory |
16 March 1797 | Battle of Tagliamento | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
16 March 1797 | Battle of Valvasone (1797) | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
20 March 1797 | Tyrol expedition | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
21 – 23 March 1797 | Battle of Tarvis (1797) | Italy | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
17 – 25 April 1797 | Veronese Easter | Italy | French First Republic | Veronese rebels | French victory Fall of Venice |
18 April 1797 | Battle of Neuwied (1797) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
20 – 21 April 1797 | Battle of Diersheim (1797) | Rhine | French First Republic | Habsburg Monarchy | French victory |
11 October 1797 | Battle of Camperdown | Overseas | Batavian Republic | Great Britain | Coalition decisive victory |