France: Battles

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A

Aboukir, First battle of, 25 July 1799
Aerial, the evacuation from north western France, 15-25 June 1940
Agincourt, battle of, 1415
Aisne, First Battle of the, 13-28 September 1914
Aisne, Second Battle of the, 16 April-15 May 1917
Aisne, Third Battle of the, 27 May-3 June 1918
Aisne-Marne Offensive, 18 July-6 August 1918
Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), battle of, 2 March 1793
Alagon, battle of, 14 June 1808
Alba de Tormes, battle of, 28 November 1809
Albergaria Nova, combat of, 10 May 1809
Albert, battle of, 25-29 September 1914
Albert, battle of, 1-13 July 1916
Albuera, battle of, 16 May 1811
Albuera, battle of, 16 May 1811: Armies
Alcala la Real, combat of, 28 January 1810
Alcañiz, combat of, 26 January 1809
Alcañiz, battle of, 23 May 1809
Alcantara, combat of, 14 May 1809
Alcoentre, skirmish at, 8 October 1810
Alcolea, battle of, 7 June 1808
Aldaya, combat of, 26 December 1811
Aldea da Ponte, combat of, 27 September 1811
Aldenhoven, battle of, 1 March 1793
Alemquer, combat of, 9 June 1810
Alesia 52 BC
Alma, battle of the 20 September 1854 (Crimea)
Almazan, combat of, 10 July 1810
Almeida, siege of, 25 July-27 August 1810
Almeida, siege of, 7 April-10 May 1811
Almonacid, battle of, 11 August 1809
Altenkirchen, first battle of, 4 June 1796
Altenkirchen, second battle of, 19 September 1796
Alva River, passage of, 17-18 March 1811
Amarante, defence of, 7 April-2 May 1809
Amberg, battle of, 24 August 1796
Amiens, battle of, 8 August-3 September 1918
Ancre, battle of the, 13-19 November 1916
Ancre Heights, battle of the of 1 October-11 November 1916
Araçena, combat of, 26 May 1810
Aranjuez, combat of, 5 August 1809
Arar, battle of the, June 58 BC
Arcola, battle of, 15-17 November 1796
Armentières, battle of, 13 October-2 November 1914
Arras, second battle of, 9 April-17 May 1917
Artois, first battle of, 27 September-10 October 1914
Artois, second battle of, 9 May-18 June 1915
Arzobispo, combat of, 8 August 1809
Astorga, combat of, 9 October 1809
Atuatuca, battle of, October 54 B.C.
Augsberg, combat of, 17 August 1796
Avaricum, siege of, 52 BC
Avé, Soult's passage of, 25-26 March 1809
Avesnes-le-Sec, battle of, 12 September 1793

B

Badajoz, French siege of, 27 January-10 March 1811
Badajoz, first British siege of, 6-12 May 1811
Badajoz, second British siege of, 18 May-17 June 1811
Baisieux, battle of, 29 April 1792
Balaclava, Battle of, 25 October 1854
Bamberg, combat of, 4 August 1796
Bapaume, second battle of, 21 August-1 September 1918
Barba del Puerco, skirmish of, 19-20 March 1810
Barcelona, French capture of, 29 February 1808
Barcelona, siege of, 1 August-17 December 1808
Barquilla, combat of, 10 July 1810
Barrosa, battle of, 5 March 1811
Bassano, battle of, 8 September 1796
Baza, combat of, 4 November 1810
Belchite, rout of, 18 June 1809
Bellegarde, siege of, May-25 June 1793
Berrocal, combat of 20 March 1809
Betanzos, Stragglers battle at, 10 January 1809
Bauge, 21 March 1421 (France)
Baylen, battle of, 19 July 1808
Bazentine Ridge, battle of, 14 July-17 July 1916
Belleau Wood, battle of, 6-26 June 1918
Bellegarde, siege of, 6 May-17 September 1794
Benaguacil, combat of, 2 October 1811
Benavente, battle of, 29 December 1808
Biberach, battle of, 2 October 1796
Bibracte, battle of, June 58 B.C.
Borgetto, battle of, 30 May 1796
Bornos, combat of, 5 November 1811
Boulogne, battle of, 22-25 May 1940
Bouvines, battle of, 27 July 1214
Boxtel, battle of, 14-15 September 1794
Braga, battle of, 20 March 1809
Burgebrach, combat of, 29 August 1796
Bussaco, battle of, 27 September 1810

C

Cabezon, battle of, 12 June 1808
Cabriels, action at the River, 21 June 1808
Cabrillas Defile, action at the, 24 June 1808
Cacabellos defile, action at the, 3 January 1809
Cadiz, French siege of, 1810-24 August 1812
Calais, siege of, 4 September 1346-4 August 1347
Calais, siege of, 23-26 May 1940
Calatayud, siege of, 26 September-4 October 1811
Caldiero, battle of, 12 November 1796
Calliano, battle of, 5 September 1796
Cambrai, battle of, 20 November- 7 December 1917
Cambrai-St. Quentin, battle of, 27 September-9 October 1918
Campo Mayor, combat of, 25 March 1811
Campo Mayor, siege of, 14-21 March 1811
Canstadt, combat of, 21 July 1796
Cantigny, battle of, 28 May 1918
Cardadeu, battle of 16 December 1808
Carentan, battle of, 8-13 June 1944
Carpio, combat of, 25 September 1811
Casa de Salinas, combat of, 27 July 1809
Casal Novo, combat of, 14 March 1811
Cassano, battle of, 27 April 1799
Castiglione, battle of, 5 August 1796
Castillejos, combat of, 25 January 1809
Castillon, battle of, 1453
Cenabum, siege of, early 52 B.C.
Ceret, combat of the Bridge of, 26 November 1793
Ceva, battle of, 16-17 April 1796
Champagne, Second Battle of, 25 September-6 November 1915
Champagne-Marne Offensive, 15-18 July 1918
Charge of the Light Brigade (25 October 1854)
Charleroi, sieges of, 30 May-25 June 1794
Château Thierry, battle of, 1-4 June 1918
Chaves, combat of, 10-11 March 1809
Chaves, siege of, 20-25 March 1809
Cherbourg, battle of, 22-29 June 1944
Cicero's Camp, siege of, late 54 B.C.
Ciudad Real, battle of, 26 March 1809
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 5 June-10 July 1810
Ciudad Rodrigo, siege of, 8-19 January 1812
Coa, combat of the, 24 July 1810
Collioure, combat of, 21 December 1793
Collioure, Saint-Elme and Port-Ventres, siege of, 6-29 May 1794
Comius, defeat of, late 51 B.C.
Condé or St. Amand, battle of, 8 May 1793
Condé, siege of, April-10 July 1793
Constantino, skirmish 5 January 1809
Cordova, sack of, 7 June 1808
Corunna, battle of, 16 January 1809
Cotentin Peninsula, battle of the, 6 June-1 July 1944
Courtrai, battle of, 11 May 1794
Crecy, battle of, 1346
Crefeld, battle of, 23 June 1758 (Germany)
Cycle, Operation, the evacuation from Havre, 10-13 June 1940

D

D-Day, 6 June 1944: Main Article
D-Day, 6 June 1944: British Airborne Operations
D-Day, 6 June 1944: US Airborne Operations
Dego, battle of, 14-15 April 1796
Deining, combat of, 22 August 1796
Delville Wood, battle of, 15 July-3 September 1916
Dettingen, battle of, 27 June 1743 (Bavaria)
Dieppe, raid on, 19 August 1942, (part one)
Diersheim, battle of, 20-21 April 1797
Dresden, battle of, 26-27 August 1813
Dunkirk, evacuation from, 27 May-4 June 1940 (Operation Dynamo)
Dunkirk, siege of, 23 August-8 September 1793
Dupont De L’Etang, General Pierre Antoine, 1765-1840
Dynamo, Operation, the evacuation from Dunkirk, 27 May-4 June 1940

E

Eggmuhl, battle of , 22 April 1809
El Bodon, combat of, 25 September 1811
Emmendingen, battle of, 19 October 1796
Epéhy, battle of, 18-19 September 1918
Epila, action of, 23-24 June 1808
Epsom, Operation, 26-30 June 1944
Espinosa de los Monteros, battle of, 10 November 1808
Espolla, combat of, 27 October 1793
Ettlingen, battle of, 9 July 1796
Evora, battle of, 29 July 1808

F

Famars, or Valenciennes, battle of, 23 May 1793
Fariskur, battle of, 6 April 1250
Festubert, battle of, 15-27 May 1915
Figueras, battle of, 17-20 November 1794
Figueras, French capture of, 18 March 1808
Finisterre, Calder's battle off,22 July 1805
Flers-Courcelette, battle of, 15-22 September 1916
Fleurus, battle of, 26 June 1794
Fombio, battle of, 7-9 May 1796
Fontenoy, 11 May 1745 (Belgium)
Forchheim, combat of, 7 August 1796
Formigny, battles of, 1450
Fort Frontenac, fall of, 26 August 1758
Foz de Arouce, combat of, 15 March 1811
Frankenthal, combat of, 13-14 November 1795
Friedberg, battle of, 10 July 1796 (Hesse)
Friedberg, battle of, 24 August 1796
Froeschwiller, battle of, 18-22 December 1793
Fromelles, battle of, 19-20 July 1916
Frontiers of France, battle of, 20-24 August 1914
Fuengirola, siege of, 13-15 October 1810
Fuentes de Oñoro, battle of, 3-5 May 1811

G

Gallipoli Campaign 1915 - 1916
Gambit, Operation, 2-6 June 1944
Gamonel, battle of, 10 November 1808
Gebora River, battle of the, 19 February 1811
Geisberg, the, battle of, 25-26 December 1793
Gergovia, siege of, May 52 BC
Gerona, first siege, 20-21 June 1808
Gerona, second siege, 24 July-16 August 1808
Gerona, third siege, 24 May-11 December 1809
Gheluvelt, battle of, 29-31 October 1914
Giessen, combat of, 16 September 1796
Ginchy, battle of, 9 September 1916
Gorgobina, siege of, early 52 B.C.
Grande Couronne of Nancy, battle of the, 25 August-11 September 1914
Granollers, combat of, 21-22 January 1810
Gravelines, battle of, 13 July 1558
Grijon, combat of, 11 May 1809
Grossbeeren, battle of, 23 August 1813
Gruningen, affair of, 21 April 1797
Guillemont, battle of, 3-6 September 1916

H

Harfleur, siege of, 19 August-22 September 1415
Haslach, combat of, 14 July 1796
Heidelberg, combat of, 23-25 September 1795
Herrings, battle of the, (France), 1429
Höchst, battle of, 11 October 1795
Hondschoote, battle of, 8 September 1793
Hostalrich, combat of, 7 November 1809
Hostalrich, siege of, 16 January-12 May 1810
Huningue, siege of, 26 October 1796-19 February 1797

I

Igualada, combat of, 17-18 February 1809
Inkerman, battle of: 5 November 1854

J

Jaen, combat of, 23 January 1810
Jemappes, Battle of, 6 November 1792
Juno Beach, 6 June 1944

K

Kaiserslautern, battle of, 28-30 November 1793
Kaiserslautern, battle of, 23 May 1794
Kamlach or Mindelheim, combat of, 13 August 1796
Kehl, siege of, 28 October 1796-10 January 1797
Kreutznach, combat of, 10 November 1795
Kulm, battle of, 29th/30th August 1813

L

La Bassée, battle of, 10 October-2 November 1914
Laeffelt, battle of, 2 July 1747
La Favorita, battle of, 16 January 1797
Lagos Bay, 18 August 1759 (Portugal)
Landrecies or Beaumont-En-Cambresis, battle of, 26 April 1794
Landrecies, siege of, 17-30 April 1794
Langemarck, battle of, 21-24 October 1914
Langenbruck, combat of, 1 September 1796
La Roche Derien, battle of, 27 June 1347 (Brittany)
Lavis, engagement of, 6 September 1796
Le Boulou, battle of, 30 April-1 May 1794
Le Cateau, battle of, 26 August 1914
Leipzig, battle of ('The Battle of Nations'), 16-18 October 1813
Lerida, siege of, 15 April-14 May 1810 
Liebertwolkwitz, battle of, 14th October 1813
Lille, siege of, 25 September-7 October 1792
Limburg, combat of, 16 September 1796
Limonum, siege of, early 51 B.C.
Lodi, battle of, 10 May 1796
Loire, battle on the, early 51 B.C.
Lonato, first battle of, 31 July 1796
Lonato, second battle of, 3 August 1796
Longwy, siege of, 20-23 August 1792
Loos, battle of, 25 September-14 October 1915
Lorraine, battle of, 14 August-7 September 1914
Louisbourg, siege and fall of, 2 June-27 July 1758 (Canada)
Ludendorff Offensives, 21 March-18 July 1918
Lugo, skirmish at, 7 January 1809
Lutetia, battle of, May 52 BC
Lys, battle of the, 9-29 April 1918

M

Maastricht, siege of, 23 February-3 March 1793
Maastricht, siege of, 19 September-4 November 1794
Madrid, siege of, 1-4 December 1808
Magnano, battle of, 5 April 1799
Mainz, siege of, 19-21 October 1792
Mainz, siege of, 14 April-23 July 1793
Mainz, siege of, 14 December 1794-29 October 1795
Mallen, action at, 13 June 1808
Mannheim, siege, 10 October-22 November 1795
Manresa, combat of, 5 April 1810
Mansilla, battle of, 30 December 1808
Mansura, battle of, 8 February 1250 (Egypt)
Mantua, siege of, 4 June–30 July 1796 and 24 August 1796–2 February 1797
Margalef, combat of, 23 April 1810
Maria, battle of, 15 June 1809
Marne, first battle of the, 5-10 September 1914 (France)
Marne, second battle of the, 15 July to 17 July or 5 August 1918
Martinique, battle of 25 June 1667
Mas-d'Ru, combat of, 19 May 1793
Mataro, storm of, of 17 June 1808
Maubeuge, siege, mid-September-17 October 1793
Maubeuge, siege of, 25 August-7 September 1914
Mauron, 14 August 1352, battle of (Brittany)
Medellin, battle of, 28 March 1809
Medina del Rio Seco, battle of, 14 July 1808
Menin, battle of, 13 September 1793
Menin, battle of, 15 September 1793
Menin, siege of, 27-30 April 1794
Menin Road Ridge, Battle of the, 20-25 September 1917
Mequinenza, siege of, 15 May-18 June 1810
Mergentheim, battle of, 2 May 1645
Messines, battle of, 12 October-2 November 1914
Meuse River-Argonne Forest Offensive, 26 September-11 November 1918
Meza de Ibor, combat of, 17 March 1809
Miajadas, combat of 21 March 1809
Millesimo, battle of, 13-14 April 1796
Misarella, Soult’s passage of the, 17 May 1809
Mislata, combat of, 26 December 1811
Minden, battle of, 1 August 1759 (Germany)
Molina, siege of, 26 September-27 October 1811
Molins del Rey, battle of, 21 December 1808
Mondovi, battle of, 21 April 1796
Monongahela, battle of the, 9 July 1755 (America)
Mons, battle of, 23 August 1914
Montenotte, battle of, 12 April 1796
Mont Louis, combat of, 5 September 1793
Mora, combat of, 18 February 1809
Morbihan Gulf / Quiberon Bay, battle of, late summer 56 B.C.
Morval, battle of, 25-28 September 1916
Mouscron, battle of, 29 April 1794
Mulhouse, battle of, 7-9 August 1914

N

Navas de Membrillo, combat of, 29 December 1811
Neerwinden, battle of, 18 March 1793
Neresheim, battle of, 11 August 1796
Neukirchen, combat of, 17 August 1796
Neumarkt, combat of, 23 August 1796
Neuve-Chapelle, battle of, 10-13 March 1915
Neuwied, battle of, 18 April 1797
Nevis, battle of, 19 or 20 May 1667
Nicopolis, battle of, 25 September 1396 (Bulgaria)
Nieuport, siege of, 22-29 October 1793
Nieuport, siege of, 4-18 July 1794
Nile, battle of the, 1 August 1798
Nordlingen, (2), 3 August 1645
Noviodunum, siege of, March 52 BC
Noyon-Montdidier, battle of, 9-13 June 1918

O

Ober-Mörlen, combat of, 9 July 1796
Ocaña, battle of, 11 November 1809
Ocaña, combat of, 11 November 1809
Octodurus, battle of, winter 57/56 B.C.
Offheim, combat of, 7 July 1796
Oitabén River, combat of the, 7-8 June 1809
Olivenza, siege of, 11-22 January 1811
Olivenza, siege of, 9 April-15 April 1811
Omaha Beach, 6 June 1945
Oporto, battle of, 29 March 1809
Oporto, battle of, 12 May 1809
Orleans, siege of, September 1428 to May 1429
Oropesa, siege of, 19 September-11 October 1811
Oudenaarde, battle of, 11 July 1708 (Belgium)
Ourcq River, battle of the, 5-9 September 1914
Ourthe, battle of the, 18 September 1794

P

Pamplona, French capture of, 16 February 1808
Patay, 18 June 1429
Penang Raid, 28 October 1914
Perpignan, battle of, 17 July 1793
Peso de Regoa, combat of, 10 May 1809
Peyrestortes, combat of, 17 September 1793
Pfrimm, combat on the, 10 November 1795
Picardy, first battle of, 22-26 September 1914
Pirmasens, battle of, 14 September 1793
Plains of Abraham, battle of, 13 September 1759 (Canada)
Platzberg and Trippstadt, Combat of, 13-14 July 1794
Poitiers, battle of, 19 September 1356
Pombal, combat of, 11 March 1811
Pondicherry, siege of, 6 December 1760-15 January 1761 (India)
Ponte Nova, Soult's passage of the, 15/16 May 1809
Pozières Ridge, battle of, 23 July-3 September 1916
Primolano, battle of, 7 September 1796
Pyramids, battle of the, 21st July 1798 (Egypt)

Q

Quebec, siege of, 25 June-18 September 1759
Quesnoy, siege of, 19 August-11 September 1793
Quiberon Bay, battle of, 20 November 1759 (France)
Quimperle, battle of, June 1342 (France)

R

Ramillies, battle of, 23 May 1706
Rastatt, battle of, 5 July 1796
Redinha, combat of, 12 March 1811
Renchen, combat of, 26 June 1796
Rio Mayor, skirmish of, 19 January 1811
Rivoli, battle of, 14 January 1797
Roer, battle of the, 2 October 1794
Rolica, battle of, 17 August 1808
Ronquillo, combat of, 25-26 March 1810
Rosas, siege, 6 November- 5 December 1808
Rossbach, battle of, 5 November 1757 (Germany)
Rovereto, battle of, 4 September 1796
Royal Marine, Operation: Mining the Rhine, May 1940
Rutter, Operation, The Planned Attack on Dieppe, 7 July 1942

S

Sabugal, combat of, 3 April 1811
Saguntum, battle of, 25 October 1811
Saguntum, siege of, 23 September-26 October 1811
Sahagun, battle of, 21 December 1808
St. Jacob, battle of, 26 May 1444 (Switzerland)
St. Mihiel, battle of, 12-13 September 1918
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part One
St. Nazaire, Raid on, (Operation Chariot), Part Two (28 March 1942)
Salamonde, combat of, 17 May 1809
Sambre, battle of the, July 57 B.C.
Sambre, battle of the, 21-23 August 1914
San Giorgio, battle of, 14-15 September 1796
San Lorenzo, battle of, 13 August 1794
San Sebastian, French capture of, 5 March 1808
Santiago, combat of, 23 May 1809
Saragossa, first siege of, 15 June-13 August 1808
Saragossa, second siege, 20 December 1808-20 February 1809
Schellenberg, Battle of the, 2 July 1704
Schliengen, battle of, 24 October 1796
Schooneveld, first battle of the, 28 May/ 7 June 1673
Schooneveld, second battle of the, 4/14 June 1673
Schussenreid, combat of, 30 September 1796
Segorbe, combat of, 30 September 1811
Selle, battle of the, 17-25 October 1918
Siegburg, combat of, 1 June 1796
Sluys, battle of, 24 July 1340
Sluys or L'Ecluse, siege of, 28 July-25 August 1794
Sobral, first combat of, 12 October 1810
Sobral, second combat of, 14 October 1810
Somme, battle of the, June-November 1916
Somme, second battle of the, 21 March-4 April 1918
Somosierra Pass, battle of, 30 November 1808
Sotiates, defeat of the, 56 B.C.
Stromberg, combat of, 10 November 1795
Sword Beach, 6 June 1944

T

Taillebourg, battle of, 8 April 1351 (France)
Talavera, battle of, 27-28 July 1809
Talavera, the armies at, 27-28 July 1809
Tamames, battle of, 18 October 1809
Tarifa, siege of, of 20 December 1811-5 January 1812
Tarragona, siege of, 3 May 1811-28 June 1811
Texel, battle of, 11/ 21 August 1673 (or Kijkduin)
Thiepval Ridge, battle of, 26-30 September 1916
Ticonderoga, defence of, 6-7 July 1758 (America)
Tinchebrai, battle of, 28 September 1106
Trafalgar, battle of, 21 October 1805
Trafalgar, campaign of, 1805
Transloy Ridges, battle of the, 1-20 October 1916
Trebbia, battle of the, 17-19 July 1799
Tremendal, combat of, 23-24 November 1809
Truillas, battle of, 22 September 1793
Torrijos, combat of, 26 July 1809
Tortosa, siege of, 16 December 1810-2 January 1811
Toulon, naval battle of, 11 February 1744 (France)
Tourcoing, battle of, 18 May 1794
Tournai, battle of, 22 May 1794
Tudela, action of, 8 June 1808
Tudela, battle of, 23 November 1808

U

Uckerath, combat of, 19 June 1796
Ucles, battle of, 13 January 1809
Ulm, battle of, 20 October 1805
Usagre, combat of, 25 May 1811
Utah Beach, 6 June 1944
Uxellodunum, siege of, Spring-Summer 51 B.C.

V

Valencia, first battle of, 26-28 June 1808
Valencia, siege of, 25 December 1811-9 January 1812
Valenciennes, siege of, 24 May-28 July 1793
Valls, battle of, 25 Feb 1809
Valmeceda, skirmish at, 8 November 1808
Valmy, battle of, 20 September 1792
Valverde, combat of, 19 February 1810
Vardar, battle of the, 15-29 September 1918
Vellaunodunum, siege of, early 52 B.C.
Vellinghausen, battle of, 15-16 July 1761
Verdun, battle of, 21 February- 18 December 1916
Verdun, siege of, 29 August-2 September 1792
Verneuil, battle of, 17 August 1424
Verona, battle of, 26 March 1799
Vesontio, battle of, September 58 B.C.
Vich, battle of, 20 February 1810
Villafranca, combat of, 30 March 1810
Villagarcia, battle of, 11 August 1810
Villers-Bretonneux, first battle of, 30 March-5 April 1918
Villers-Bretonneux, second battle of, 24-27 April 1918
Villers-en-Cauchies, battle of, 24 April 1794
Vimiero, battle of, 21 August 1808
Vimy Ridge, battle of, 9-13 April 1917
Vingeanne, battle of the, July 52 B.C.
Vittoria, battle of, 21st June 1813
Vocates and Tarusates, defeat of the, late summer 56 B.C.

W

Wandiwash, battle of, 22 January 1760 (India)
Warburg, battle of, 31 July 1760
Waterloo, battle of, 18 June 1815
Wattignies, battle of, 15-16 October 1793
Wetzlar, battle of, 15-16 June 1796
Wilhelmsthal, battle of, 24 June 1762
Willems, battle of, 10 May 1794
Wilnsdorf, combat of, 4 July 1796
Wissembourg or The Geisberg, battle of, 25-26 December 1793
Wissembourg, storming of the lines of, 13 October 1793
Wolfring, combat of, 20 August 1796
Würzburg, battle of, 3 September 1796

X

Y

Z