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Battles involving France
- Battle of MaloyaroslavetsOn the 19th of October 1812 Napoleon left Moscow and marched southwest toward Kaluga. Eugène de Beauharnais led the advance guard of this massive force.
- Battle of Ponte NovuOn the 8th of May 1769, the river Golo turned red near a stone bridge in north central Corsica. Royal French forces under Comte de Vaux advanced against…
- Battle of Vitebsk (1812)Emperor Napoleon I launched a part of his forces in an enveloping action towards Vitebsk during mid-July 1812. He sought to force the Russian army to commit…
- Invasion of Portugal (1807)On the 19th of July 1807, Napoleon ordered his Portuguese ambassador to inform that country to close its ports to British shipping by the 1st of September.
- Battle of Smolensk (1812)On the 27th of July, General Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly slipped his First Western Army away from Vitebsk. He avoided a general engagement with Emperor…
- Battle of Dien Bien PhuIn November 1953, French Premier René Mayer appointed Henri Navarre to command the Union forces in Indochina. Navarre arrived to find a chaotic military…
- Battle of BorodinoOn the 24th of June 1812, Napoleon crossed the Niemen river with his Grande Armée to begin the invasion of Russia. The French force started with 286,000…
- Battle of the SpursKing Henry VIII of England joined the Holy League on the 13th of October 1511. This alliance included Venice and Spain to defend the Papacy against France.