• France
• Ottoman Empire
• Denmark-Norway
• Holland
• Batavian Empire
• Italy
• Confederation of the Rhine
• Duchy of Warsaw (Poland)
• Naples
• United Kingdom
• Prussia
• Austrian Empire
• Spain
• Russian Empire
• Portugal
• Sicily
• Sweden
• United Netherlands
History
The Napoleonic Wars revolved around one person, Napoleon Bonaparte. The extent of
his conquest reached Egypt, and even part of South America was involved in this
war. Although there is no exact date to which the Napoleonic Wars started, however
, it is agreed that the war ended at the Battle of Waterloo (present day Belgium),
which was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life,” according to the
Duke of Wellington (United Kingdom).
Some Outstanding Battles
• Battle of Austerlitz (~160,000) – French victory over Austria and Russia
• Battle of Bautzen (~211,000) – French victory over Prussia and Russia
• Battle of Berezina (~195,000) – Russian victory over France
• Battle of Bidassoa (~151,000) – Allied victory(United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain) over France
• Battle of Borodino (~250,000) – French victory over the Russian Empire
• Siege of Brugos – French victory over Portugal and United Kingdom, with 2,000 French against a 35,000 strong army
• Battle of Dresden (~349,000) – Decisive French victory over Prussia, Russia and Austria
• Battle of Friedland (~140,000) – Decisive French victory over Russia
• Battle of Großbeeren (~140,000) – Allied victory(Prussia, Sweden) over France
• Battle of Heilsberg (~140,000) – Inconclusive between Russia and France
• Battle of Haslach-Jungingen (~30,000) – French victory (5,000) over Austria (25,000)
• Battle of Hanau (~60,000) – French victory (17,000) over Bavaria and Austria (43,000)
• Battle of Jena and Auerstedt (~322,000) – French victory over Prussia and Saxony
• Battle of Katzbach (~216,000) – Coalition victory (Russia and Prussia) over France
• Battle of Kulm – Coalition victory (Russia, Prussia, Austria) over France, after receiving a 60,000 strong reinforcement on the 2nd day of battle
• Battle of La Rotheiere (~150,000) – Prussian victory over the French
• Raid at Altenburg – Decisive Coalition victory (Saxony, Russia)(1,500) over the French (6,500)
• Battle of Ligny (~152,000) – French victory over Prussia
• Batle of Lutzen (~193,000) – French victory over Prussia and Russia
• Battle of Paris – Coalition victory (Russia, Prussia, Austria) over French. France: 50,000. Coalition: 100,000.
• Battle of Abensberg (~170,000) – French, Bavarian and Wurttemberg victory over Austria
• Battle of Ulm (222,000) - Decisive French victory (150,000), with 30,000 Austrians captured.
• Battle of Toulouse – Indecisive. France: 42,430 strong. Allied forces: 49,446 strong.
• Battle of Smolensk – French victory over Russia. Although both sides employed 200,000 men each, only around 50,000 French and 30,000 Russians were engaged.
• Battle of Leipzig (~625,000, 2220 guns) – Decisive Coalition victory (Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, Saxony) over the French, Italian, Polish and Naples Army
• Battle of Waterloo – Decisive coalition victory (United Kingdom and Prussia), which signalled the end of the Napoleonic Wars. France: 72,000 French. Coalition : 68,000 Anglo-allied, 50,000 Prussians
The battles in the Napoleonic Wars are many, impossible to list all the details in this document. Therefore I included the link to the source of the battles during the war if you are interested to know more about the details. =)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Napoleonic_battles
Casualties
France and allies:
• 371,000 killed in action
• ~400,000 killed by disease
• Total: 1,000,000 French and allies (mostly Germans and Poles) dead in action, disease and missing
Enemies of France
• 400,000 Russian dead or missing
• 200,000 Prussian dead or missing
• ~300,000 Austrian dead or missing
• ~300,000 Spanish dead or missing
• 311,806 British dead or missing
Total dead or missing
• ~2,500,000 military personnel in Europe
• ~1,000,000 civilians were killed in Europe and in rebellious French overseas colonies
Common estimates of more than 500,000 French dead in Russia in 1812 and
250,000-300,000 French dead in Iberia between 1808 and 1814 give a total of at
least 750,000, and to this must be added hundreds of thousands of more French
dead in other campaigns - probably around 150,000 to 200,000 French dead in the
German campaign of 1813. Thus the above estimates are highly conservative.
Whilst military deaths are invariably put at between 2.5 million and 3.5 million,
civilian death tolls vary from 750,000 to 3 million. Thus estimates of total dead,
both military and civilian, can reasonably range from 3,250,000 to 6,500,000.
Extent of the First French Empire
By: Mervin Yap, 10S25
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