Battles of the First Empire

Decline (1813-1815) Defeat

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Austerlitz

2 December 1805

Pratzen plateau, Moravia (Czech Republic)

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Waterloo

18 June 1815

Mont-Saint-Jean, south of Brussels (Belgium)

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Borodino (Battle of the Moskva)

7 September 1812

Borodino, west of Moscow (Russia)

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Jena

14 October 1806

Vierzehnheiligen, near Jena (Thuringia, Germany)

Decline (1813-1815) Defeat

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Wagram

5-6 July 1809

Deutsch-Wagram, north-east of Vienna (Lower Austria)

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Leipzig

16-19 October 1813

Leipzig, Saxony (Germany)

Consulate (1799-1804) Victory

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Marengo

14 June 1800

Spinetta Marengo, near Alessandria, Piedmont (Italy)

Zenith (1805-1807) Inconclusive

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Eylau

7-8 February 1807

Preussisch Eylau (Bagrationovsk), East Prussia

Zenith (1805-1807) Defeat

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Friedland

14 June 1807

Friedland (Pravdinsk), East Prussia

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Trafalgar

21 October 1805

Off Cape Trafalgar (Andalusia, Spain)

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Siege of Toulon

8 September — 19 December 1793

Toulon, France

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Bridge of Lodi

10 May 1796

Lodi, Lombardy

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Bridge of Arcole

15-17 November 1796

Arcole, Veneto

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Rivoli

14 January 1797

Rivoli Veronese, Veneto

Revolution (1793-1799) Defeat

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Battle of the Pyramids

21 July 1798

Embabeh, near Cairo

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Siege of Acre

20 March — 21 May 1799

Acre, Ottoman Syria

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Aboukir

25 July 1799

Aboukir, Egypt

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Ulm

15-20 October 1805

Ulm, on the Danube

Campaigns (1808-1812) Defeat

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Auerstedt

14 October 1806

Auerstedt, Thuringia

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Bailén

16-22 July 1808

Bailén, Andalusia

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Somosierra

30 November 1808

Somosierra Pass, Sierra de Guadarrama

Campaigns (1808-1812) Defeat

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Eckmühl

21-22 April 1809

Eckmühl, Bavaria

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Aspern-Essling

21-22 May 1809

Marchfeld, near Vienna

Campaigns (1808-1812) Inconclusive

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Smolensk

16-18 August 1812

Smolensk, Russia

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The Berezina

26-29 November 1812

Studianka, near Borisov

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Lützen

2 May 1813

Lützen and Gross-Görschen, Saxony

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Bautzen

20-21 May 1813

Bautzen, on the Spree (Lusatia)

Decline (1813-1815) Inconclusive

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Dresden

26-27 August 1813

Dresden, Saxony

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Toulouse

10 April 1814

Toulouse, France