List of battles during the Campaign of France

Campaign of France
Part of the War of the Sixth Coalition
Date7 October 1813 – 30 May 1814
Location
France (France, Mediterranean, Northwest Italy, the Low Countries)
Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
France  Russia
 Austria
 United Kingdom
 Prussia
 Baden
 Bavaria
Spain
Sardinia
 Sicily
Sweden
Netherlands
 Saxony
 Württemberg
Portugal
Naples
Denmark
 Montenegro
Ragusa
Commanders and leaders
Napoleon
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Lazare Carnot
François Joseph Lefebvre
Jacques MacDonald
Auguste de Marmont
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Louis-Gabriel Suchet
Édouard Mortier
Michel Ney
Nicolas Oudinot

Emmanuel Grouchy
Alexander I
Lord Robert Stewart
Francis I
Karl von Schwarzenberg
Frederick William III
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington
Barclay de Tolly
Ferdinand von Wintzingerode
Peter Wittgenstein
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev (POW)
Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken
Peter Kaptzevich
Emmanuel Saint-Priest
Karl Philipp von Wrede
William I
Strength
250,000 (100,000 in Iberia, 80,000 in Eastern France, 20,000 at the Alps, 50,000 in Italy) 610,000-645,000 (370,000-405,000 in northeast France, 70,000 in southwest France, 80,000 in the Mediterranean, 50,000 in the Low Countries, 40,000 in southeast France)
Casualties and losses
150,000+ 166,000+

The Campaign of France was the closing phase of the War of the Sixth Coalition. Listed are all the major engagements and a number of minor engagements, more of which may be uncovered by research. Due to the severe depletion of the French military and being massively outnumbered on many fronts, many engagements concluded with cities being captured amidst little or no fighting.

The campaign is divided into the following theatres:

  • The Campaign in North-East France, the largest and most notable of the theatres owing to Napoleon's personal command
  • The Campaign in Southwest France, the British-led invasion of southern France, and the closing theatre of the Peninsular War
  • The Campaign in Eastern France, the Austrian invasion of eastern France
  • The Campaign in the Mediterranean, the naval campaign led by Britain and maritime republics against the coastal territories conquered by France (Dalmatia, the Ionian islands, and parts of Italy)
  • The Campaign in Southeast France, which did not take place in France proper, but in Piedmont, Parma, and Genoa, which were contemporarily part of France
  • The Campaign in the Low Countries, the British-Russian invasion of the former Netherlands and Austrian Netherlands, then part of France until the former's secession on 20 November 1813

The following books are cited in the compilation of this list:[1][2][3][4]

List of battles

October 1813

Date Battle Theatre French forces Coalition forces Notes
7 October 1813 Battle of the Bidassoa Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory

November 1813

Date Battle Theatre French forces Coalition forces Notes
November 1813 Fall of Split Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
1 November 1813 Fall of Saico Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
4 November 1813 Battle of Lissa Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
4 November 1813 Battle of Fort Napoleon Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
10 November 1813 Battle of the Nivelle Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
11 November 1813 Battle of Saint-Jean-de-Luz Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
13 November 1813 Siege of Delfzijl Low Countries France Russia
Kingdom of Prussia
Siege ends on 24 May, French garrison leaves
15 November 1813 Fall of Calambrone Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
15 November 1813 Battle of Livorno Mediterranean France United Kingdom French victory
16 November 1813 Amsterdam uprising Low Countries France Dutch uprising Dutch victory
17 November 1813 Siege of Naarden Low Countries France Russia French garrison leaves on 12 May 1814
20 November 1813 Fall of Utrecht Low Countries France Russia Coalition victory
20 November - 5 December 1813 Siege of Zara Mediterranean France United Kingdom
Austria
Coalition victory

December 1813

Date Battle Theatre French forces Coalition forces Notes
9 December 1813 Battle of Villefranque Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
9 December 1813 Fall of Viareggio Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition victory
10 December 1813 Capture of Anglet Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
9–12 December 1813 Battle of the Nive Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
~20 December 1813 – 12 April 1814 Siege of Belfort (1813-1814) Northeastern France (Campaign in Alsace) France Austria The start date of the siege is unclear[5]
24–31 December 1813 Battle of Saint Croix-en-Plaine Northeastern France (Campaign in Alsace) France Austria French victory
30 December 1813 Fall of Geneva Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory

The invasion of France

Date Battle Theatre French forces Coalition forces Notes
3 January 1814 Fall of Montbeliard Southwest France France Austria Coalition victory
3 January 1814 – 4 May 1814 Siege of Mainz Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French garrison leaves Mainz after the war ends
3 January 1814 Fall of Kirchberg Northeast France (Campaign of Alsace) France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
3 January 1814 Fall of Kirchberg Northeast France (Campaign of Alsace) France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
3 January 1814 Fall of Cattaro Mediterranean France  United Kingdom
 Montenegro
Sicily
Coalition victory
5 January 1814 Fall of Trier Northeast France (Campaign of Alsace) France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
5 January 1814-??? Siege of Strasbourg (1814) Northeast France (Campaign of Alsace) France Russia No source on end date nor outcome[6]
5 January 1814 Fall of Kaiserslautern Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
6 January 1814-?? Siege of Sélestat Northeast France (Alsatian campaign) France Russia Outcome or siege end date not recorded in the source
7 January 1814 Fall of Dole Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
7 January-2 May 1814 Siege of Besançon Eastern France France Austria Siege ends on 2 May, garrison leaves under the order of Louis XVIII
9 January-14 April 1814 Siege of Thionville Eastern France France Kingdom of Prussia Siege ends on 14 April, garrison leaves under the order of Louis XVIII
10 January 1814 Fall of Saarbrücken Northeastern France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
11 January 1814 Battle of Hoogstraten Low Countries France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
United Kingdom
Coalition victory
13 January-10 April 1814 Siege of Metz Low Countries France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
United Kingdom
French victory
14 January 1814 Fall of Nancy Northeastern France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
15 January 1814 Fall of Cologne Northeastern France France Russia Coalition victory
15 January-3 May 1814 Siege of Luxembourg Northeastern France France Hesse French garrison leaves on 3 May, under orders of Louis XVIII
15 January 1814 Fall of Aix-la-Chapelle Low Countries France Russia Coalition victory
17 January 1814 Fall of Langres Northeastern France France Coalition Coalition victory
18 January-5 May 1814 Siege of Maastricht Northeastern France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia

Austria
United Kingdom
Sweden

Siege ends on 5 May, French garrison leaves under orders from Louis XVIII
17 January 1814 Fall of Dijon Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
19–27 January 1814 Siege of Ragusa Mediterranean France United Kingdom
Austria
Ragusa
Coalition victory
20 January 1814 Fall of Toul Northeastern France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
20 January 1814 Fall of Chambery Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
20 January 1814 Capture of Rome Mediterranean France Kingdom of Naples Coalition victory
14 January-4 May 1814 Siege of Antwerp Low Countries France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia


United Kingdom
Sweden

Siege ends on 4 May, French garrison leaves under orders from Louis XVIII
27 January 1814 Battle of Saint-Dizier Northeast France France Russia Coalition victory
29 January 1814 Battle of Brienne Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
2 February 1814 Fall of Brussels Low Countries France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
3 February 1814 Fall of Braux Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
3 February 1814 Fall of Fere Champenoise Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
4 February 1814 Fall of Sompuis Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
8 February 1814 Fall of Goudron Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
10 February 1814 Fall of Troyes Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Austria
Coalition victory
10 February 1814 Battle of Champaubert Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory; the beginning of Napoleon's final campaign in 1814
11 February 1814 Battle of Montmirail Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
12 February 1814 Battle of Chateau-Thierry Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
12 February 1814 Fall of Bergeres Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
12 February 1814 Fall of Soissons Northeast France France Russia Coalition victory
14 February 1814 Battle of Vauchamps Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
14 February 1814 Battle of Garris Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
17 February 1814 Battle of Mormant Northeast France France Austria French victory
18 February 1814 Battle of Montereau Northeast France France Austria French victory
19 February 1814 Recapture of Soissons Northeast France France Russia French victory
23 February-14 April 1814 Siege of Bayonne Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
24 February 1814 Recapture of Troyes Northeast France France Austria French victory
24 February 1814 Fall of Vitry-le-Francois Northeast France France Austria Coalition victory
25 February 1814 Battle of Saint-Étienne Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
27 February 1814 Battle of Bar-sur-Aube Northeast France France Austria Coalition victory
27 February 1814 Battle of Orthez Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
28 February-1 March 1814 Battle of Gué-à-Tresmes Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
28 February-1 March 1814 Battle of La Ferte-Milon Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
2 March 1814 Battle of Battle of Courtrai Low Countries France Russia French victory
2 March 1814 Battle of Aire-sur-l'Adour Southwest France France United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Coalition victory
2 March 1814 Battle of Parma Eastern France France Austria French victory
2–5 March 1814 Battle of Soissons Northeast France France Russia Coalition victory, abandoned after the battle of Craonne out of fear of Napoleon
3 March 1814 Battle of Laubressel Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia

Austria

Coalition victory
4 March 1814 Battle of Poligny Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
7 March 1814 Battle of Craonne Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
French victory
10 March 1814 Battle of Laon Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
Coalition victory
11 March 1814 Fall of Macaon Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
11 March 1814 Storming of Reims Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
Coalition victory
12 March 1814 Fall of Bordeaux Southwest France France United Kingdom Coalition victory
13 March 1814 Battle of Reims Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia
French victory
15 March 1814 Recapture of Chalons Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory
18 March 1814 Fall of Saint-Georges-de-Reneins Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
18 March 1814 Fall of Saint-Georges-de-Reneins Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
18 March-7 April 1814 Siege of Maubeuge Northastern France France Kingdom of Prussia French victory (?)
19 March 1814 Battle of Vic-en-Bigorre Southwest France France United Kingdom Coalition victory
19 March 1814 Battle of Tarbes Southwest France France United Kingdom Coalition victory
20 March 1814 Battle of Limonest Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
20–31 March 1814 Siege of Soissons Northeast France France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
21 March 1814 Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube Eastern France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia

Austria

Coalition victory
22 March 1814 Fall of Lyon Eastern France France Austria Coalition victory
24 March 1814 Battle of Etauliers Southwest France France United Kingdom Coalition victory
25 March 1814 Battle of Fère-Champenoise Eastern France France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia

Austria

Coalition victory
26 March 1814 Fall of Ghent Low Countries France Russia Coalition victory
26 March 1814 Battle of Saint-Dizier Northeast France France Russia French Victory
27 March 1814 Fall of La Spezia Mediterranean France United Kingdom Coalition Victory
28 March 1814 Battle of Claye Paris France Kingdom of Prussia Inconclusive
28 March 1814 Battle of Meaux Paris France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition Victory
28 March 1814 Battle of Villeparisis Paris France Kingdom of Prussia Coalition Victory
30–31 March 1814 Battle of Paris Paris France Kingdom of Prussia
Russia

Austria

Coalition Victory

Battles after Napoleon's defeat

Date Battle Theatre French forces Coalition forces Notes
6 April 1814 Fall of Voltri Southeast France French army United Kingdom Coalition victory
8 April 1814 Fall of Sestri Southeast France French army United Kingdom Coalition victory
9 April 1814 Fall of Fontanabuona Southeast France French army Austria Coalition victory
10 April 1814 Battle of Toulouse Southwest France French army United Kingdom
Spain
Portugal
Inconclusive
11 April 1814 Fall of Grenoble Eastern France French army Austria Coalition victory
12 April 1814 Battle of Monte Fasce Southeast France French army United Kingdom Coalition Victory
13–18 April 1814 Siege of Genoa Southeast France French army United Kingdom Coalition Victory
14 April 1814 Sortie of Bayonne Southwest France French army United Kingdom Coalition victory
27 April 1814 Fall of Piacenza Southeast France French army Austria Coalition victory
20 May 1814 Fall of Turin Southeast France French army Austria Coalition victory

References

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  3. ^ "The campaign of 1814". Maurice Sweil. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Peninsular war". Napoleon.org. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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  6. ^ | title= Sans difficulté majeure ». L'invasion de l'Alsace par les Russes en 1814 |accessdate=12 December 2012|work=Claude Muller