Grande Armée
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The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1812 it won a series of military victories that allowed the Firs
Napoleon Distributing the Legion of Honour at the Camp of Boulogne by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin. Napoleon is shown at the Camp of Boulogne on August 16, 1804
The Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December 1805, by François Gérard
Napoleon reviewing the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Jena, 14 October 1806
Charge of the French cuirassiers at Friedland (1807), by Ernest Meissonier
Battle of Austerlitz
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The Battle of Austerlitz was fought on Monday 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz, being the decisive engagement of the War of the Third Coalition. The Grande Armée under the command of Emperor Napoleon
Grande Armée
…to invade France in late 1805, the Grande Armée was quickly ordered across the Rhine into southern Germany, leading to Napoleon's victories at Ulm and Austerlitz. The French army grew as Napoleon seized power across Europe, recruiting troops from occupied and allied nations; it reached its peak of one million…
Napoleon accepts the surrender of General Mack and the Austrian army at Ulm. Painting by Charles Thévenin
French cuirassiers taking position
Capture of a French regiment's eagle by the cavalry of the Russian guard, by Bogdan Willewalde (1884)