French Revolutionary Wars

The Battle of Jemappes is an important victory for the French revolutionary armies that allows conquest of Belgium and marks a major advance in the war against the coalition monarchies.

On 20 September 1792, at Valmy in Champagne, Generals Kellermann and Dumouriez halted the Prussian advance by the Duke of Brunswick toward Paris, forcing the coalition army to abandon its offensive.

The Battle of Andernach is an important French victory that repulses Prussian forces on the east bank of the Rhine, consolidating the Republic's territorial gains.

Republican victory on 8 September 1793 at Hondschoote (Flanders), ending three days of fighting that relieved Dunkirk from the Anglo-Hanoverian siege. Jourdan's bayonet attack and Leclaire's flanking move broke Walmoden's entrenched redoubts; the allies lost about 4,000 men and six colours.

The Battle of Kaiserslautern is a key French victory that halts Prussian advance in the region and secures French positions along the Rhine.

French defeat on 18 March 1793 at Neerwinden (present-day Belgium): Dumouriez's army (about 40,000 men) was beaten by Coburg's forces positioned on the heights overlooking the Petite Gette. The battle ended the first Revolutionary occupation of Belgium and precipitated Dumouriez's defection.

The siege of Toulon is a strategic victory for the French Republic, which retakes the town held by royalists supported by an Anglo-Spanish coalition. It is during this siege that Napoleon Bonaparte distinguishes himself for his artillery talents.

The siege of Valenciennes, fought from 25 May to 28 July 1793 during the Flanders campaign, ended with the capitulation of the Republican garrison commanded by Jean Henri Becays Ferrand to the coalition armies of the Prince of Saxe-Coburg and the Duke of York, after the preliminary battles of Famars and Raismes.

The Battle of Wattignies is a strategic victory for French revolutionary forces that allows lifting of the siege of Maubeuge held by Austrian troops. It restores confidence to French armies and secures a key position in the north.

On 13 October 1793, Wurmser launched a general attack on the Wissembourg lines defended by Carlenc's Army of the Rhine; the coalition broke through the front and forced the French to evacuate their positions toward Haguenau.

From 26 to 29 December 1793, Lazare Hoche, commanding the combined Armies of the Rhine and Moselle, defeated Wurmser and Brunswick's coalition at Wissembourg and on the Geisberg plateau, liberating Alsace and relieving the siege of Landau.

Decisive French victory on 26 June 1794 at Fleurus (Belgium): Jourdan defeated Coburg after a full day of fighting around Charleroi, assisted by the balloon L'Entreprenant. Losses were about 5,000 French casualties against 7,000 allies according to Soult; Belgium came under Republican control.

The siege of Valenciennes is an important French victory that allows retaking the town from coalition forces and consolidating the Republic's position in the north.

The Battle of Basel is an important French victory that ensures the Republic's domination over part of the upper Rhine and opens the way to occupation of Switzerland.

In 1795, several skirmishes and engagements took place in the Höchstädt region between French and Austrian armies. These confrontations resulted in no decisive victory and ended in mutual withdrawals without significant territorial change.