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Cavalry charges of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- Battle of Shubra KhitThe Battle of Shubra Khit unfolded on the 13th of July 1798, on a stretch of Nile riverbank that most of the French soldiers had never heard of two weeks…
- Battle of Château-Thierry (1814)On the 12th of February 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte stood within 75 kilometers of Paris, chasing two battered Allied corps toward a single bridge over the Marne…
- Battle of ChampaubertOn the 10th of February 1814, a 19-year-old French conscript with fewer than six months of military service walked up to one of Russia's senior generals and…
- Battle of MontmirailThe Battle of Montmirail, fought on the 11th of February 1814, was one of Napoleon's most daring gambles. With only 70,000 soldiers facing roughly 200,000…
- Battle of Arcis-sur-AubeThe Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube unfolded over two days in March 1814, and it nearly ended with the capture of Napoleon Bonaparte himself.
- Battle of VauchampsThe Battle of Vauchamps, fought on the 14th of February 1814, ended a remarkable six-day stretch in which Napoleon repeatedly beat the same enemy.
- Battle of MormantThe Battle of Mormant on the 17th of February 1814 began before sunrise, with French infantry advancing at five in the morning toward a Russian force that…
- Battle of Mount Tabor (1799)Napoleon Bonaparte stood in Nazareth on the 16th of April 1799, staring at a map that showed his army trapped between Acre and a massive Ottoman force.
- Battle of CzarnowoThe Battle of Czarnowo began after nightfall on the 23rd of December 1806, when French troops waded into the freezing Wkra River under cover of darkness.
- Battle of FriedlandThe Battle of Friedland on the 14th of June 1807 opened with a trap that snapped shut on the wrong army. Russian General Levin August von Bennigsen spotted…
- Battle of MontereauThe Battle of Montereau was fought on the 18th of February 1814, and it turned on a single bridge. Two bridges, actually.
- Battle of Aspern-EsslingOn the 10th of April 1809, Austrian troops under Archduke Charles crossed the border into Bavaria. This action began hostilities without a formal declaration…
- Battle of Abukir (1799)On the 25th of July 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte stood near the Egyptian peninsula of Abukir and looked out at a problem that should have been unsolvable.
- Battle of WaterlooOn Sunday the 18th of June 1815, near a small Belgian village called Waterloo, Napoleon I fought his last battle. By the time the guns fell silent that…
- Battle of MondovìThe Battle of Mondovì erupted on the 21st of April 1796 between Napoleon Bonaparte's French army and the forces of King Victor Amadeus III.
- Battle of EylauThe Battle of Eylau ended with a French marshal riding across a field of bloodstained snow and frozen corpses, muttering four words: "Quel massacre!