The Napoleonic Wars were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire
Left to right, top to bottom: Battles of Austerlitz, Berlin, Friedland, Aspern-Essling, Moscow, Leipzig and Paris
French victory over the Prussians at the Battle of Valmy in 1792
The Battle of Rivoli by Philippoteaux. Bonaparte defeating the Austrians at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797
The Battle of Zurich by François Bouchot. French victory over the Austrians and Russians at the Second Battle of Zürich
The War of the Third Coalition was a European conflict lasting from 1805 to 1806 and was the first conflict of the Napoleonic Wars. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I and it
Napoleonic Wars
…The wars are categorised as seven conflicts, five named after the coalitions that fought Napoleon, plus two named for their respective theatres: the War of the Third Coalition, War of the Fourth Coalition, War of the Fifth Coalition, War of the Sixth Coalition, War of the Seventh Coalition, the Peninsular War, and the French…
Napoleon Distributing the Legion of Honour at the Camp of Boulogne by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
The strategic situation in Europe in 1805 before the start of the Ulm Campaign and the war
The French concentrated around the Rhine from early to mid-September. 210,000 troops of the Grande Armée prepared to cross into Germany and encircle the Austrians.