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Treaty of Lunéville
“His majesty, the emperor and the king of Hungary and Bohemia, and the first consul of the French republic, in the name of the French people, having equally at heart to put an end to the miseries of war, have … Continue reading
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Battle of Hohenlinden
The Battle of Hohenlinden near Munich was fought on December 3, 1800, during the Second Italian Campaign. It resulted in a decisive French victory under General Moreau against the Austrians under Archduke John. Maneuvering through southern Germany, the French Army … Continue reading
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Tagged archduke, armistice, austrian forces, austrians, battle of hohenlinden, brother charles, campaign, coalition, french army, french lines, french victory, hohenlinden, italian campaign, italy, jean moreau, john, luneville, marengo, moreau, napoleon, ney, rhine, second, snowy hills, southern germany, wooded forests
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Crossing the Alps
After the Allies declared war on France (War of the Second Coalition) and had regained territories in Italy that Napoleon had previously secured in his 1796-1797 campaign, Napoleon to launch a surprise assault on the Austrian army stationed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged allies, alps, arduous journey, austria, austrian army, austrians, baggage trains, campaign, cavalry, coalition, field artillery, infantry, italy, light artillery, military operations, mountains, napoleon, napoleon crossing the alps, pass, second, shortest route, st. bernard, surprise assault
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Battle of Marengo
After Napoleon led his Reserve Army across the Alps with the goal of relieving the Austrian siege of Genoa, the Battle of Marengo began early on the morning of June 14, 1800, when Austrian Army troops under the command of … Continue reading
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Tagged alps, army troops, astonishment, austria, austrian army, austrian forces, austrians, bonaparte, bridgehead, coalition, flank, french army, french attack, french cavalry, french line, general, italy, june 14, kellerman, lieutenant general michael, marengo, michael melas, murat, napoleon, northern italy, reserve army, second
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War of the Second Coalition
The War of the Second Coalition lasted between 1799-1801 and comprised Turkey, England, Austria, Russia and was the second attempt by European monarchs, led by Austria and Russia, to contain or eliminate Revolutionary France. They formed a new alliance and … Continue reading
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Tagged austria, austrian army, baltic, battle, battle of marengo, bonaparte, coalition, consul, diplomacy, duke of york, England, european armies, european monarchs, french state, gernamy, helvetian republic, hohenlinden, italy, luneville, marengo, napoleon, new alliance, preliminaries, pronged attack, revolt, revolutionary france, rhine, russia, russian army, second
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Returning Hero (1797)
In December, 1797, Napoleon returned to Paris. His whole family were collected there forming a “Bonaparte colony,” as the Parisians called it. There were Joseph and his wife; Lucien, now married to Christine Boyer, his old landlord’s daughter, a marriage … Continue reading
Posted in First Italian campaign, Historical Timeline Details, War of the First Coalition
Tagged 1797 napoleon, austria, bonaparte, christine boyer, commander in chief of the army, de la victoire, first coalition, french government, hero, italy, josephine, letitia, lucien, napoleon, paris, parisians, return to paris, returning hero, rue de la victoire, son eugene
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Treaty of Campo Formio
The Treaty of Campo Formio was signed on October 17, 1797 (26 Vendémiaire, Year VI of the French Republic) by Napoleon Bonaparte and Count Ludwig von Cobenzl as representatives of France and Austria. It marked the collapse of the First … Continue reading
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Tagged adriatic, austria, austrian emperor, campo, coalition, dalmatia, first coalition, formio, french republic, general, istria, italy, markham, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, napoleonic wars, natural boundaries, peace settlement, rhine, treaty, treaty of campo formio, venetian islands
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Battle of Rivoli
The Battle of Rivoli (14–15 January 1797) was a key victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austria. Napoleon’s 23,000 Frenchmen defeated an attack of 28,000 Austrians under Feldzeugmeister Jozsef Alvinczi, ending Austria’s fourth and final attempt to relieve … Continue reading
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Tagged artillery, austria, austrians, conquest, first coalition, france, french campaign, french occupation, french revolution, frenchmen, italy, joubert, mantua, napoleon, napoleon bonaparte, northern italy, rivoli
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Battle of Arcole
The Battle of Arcole (November 15-17, 1796) was the result of a bold attempt by Napoleon to outflank the Austrian army under General Alvinczy and cut its line of retreat before it could lift the siege of Mantua. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged arcole, austrian army, austrians, battle, bold attempt, bonaparte, bridgehead, causeway, causeways, field army, first coalition, friuli, italy, mantua, napoleon, november 15, pontoon bridge, reinforcements, river adige, tributary
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