The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria, Russia, Piedmon
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David.
The Siege of Mantua ended in a French victory.
The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge by Horace Vernet, 1826. General Bonaparte and his troops crossing the bridge of Arcole.
General Bonaparte during the Italian campaign in 1797.
Army of Italy (France)
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The Army of Italy was a field army of the French Army stationed on the Italian border and used for operations in Italy itself. It is best known for its role during the French Revolutionary Wars and th
Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
…the political chaos that ensued in the French army, the Allies launched an assault on Savona. Ignoring Carnot's orders, the commander of the French Army of Italy, André Masséna, launched a counter-offensive and secured supply routes to Genoa following victory at the First Battle of Dego. Following this the French…
General Napoleon Bonaparte, commander of the Armée d'Italie on the bridge at Arcole
Soldiers of the Army of Italy saluting Napoleon in 1796
The Battle of Marengo by Louis-François Lejeune, 1801