This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9 – 1801/2, depending on periodisation). It includes the battles of:

It does not include battles from the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), nor the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars (1793–1801), nor the Chouannerie (1794–1800), nor the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808) (including the 1801 Algeciras campaign), nor the French invasion of Switzerland (January–May 1798), nor the Irish Rebellion of 1798, nor Mediterranean campaign of 1798, nor the Peasants' War (1798), nor the Quasi-War (1798–1800), nor the Stecklikrieg (1802), as these did not involve the Second Coalition as such.

Date Battle Front French forces Coalition forces Notes
13 July 1798 Battle of Shubra Khit
(Battle of Chobrakit) 		Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
• Mamluks 		French victory
21 July 1798 Battle of the Pyramids
(Battle of Embabeh) 		Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
• Mamluks 		French victory
1–3 August 1798 Battle of the Nile
(Battle of Aboukir Bay) 		Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Great Britain
 British[note 1] key victory
12 / 23 October 1798 Battle of Nicopolis
(Battle of Preveza) 		Greece  French First Republic  Ottoman Empire Ottoman[note 1] victory
21–22 October 1798 Revolt of Cairo Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic Cairene rebels French victory
4 November 1798 – 3 March 1799 Siege of Corfu Greece  French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Ottoman Empire 		Coalition[note 2] victory
29 November 1798 Capture of Rome[6] Italy
Naples 		 French First Republic
Roman Republic 		 Kingdom of Naples Neapolitan[note 3] victory
5 December 1798 Battle of Civita Castellana[6] Italy
Naples 		 French First Republic  Kingdom of Naples French victory
9 December 1798 Capture of Turin[7] Italy  French First Republic  Kingdom of Sardinia French victory
Piedm. Republic proclaimed[note 4]
23 January 1799 Capture of Naples[6] Italy
Naples 		 French First Republic  Kingdom of Naples French victory
Parth. Republic proclaimed
8–20 February 1799 Siege of El Arish Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
• Mamluks 		French victory
3-7 March 1799 Siege of Jaffa Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire French victory
6 March 1799 Battle of Chur Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
7 March 1799 (First) Battle of Feldkirch Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
20–21 March 1799 Battle of Ostrach Germany  French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
20 March – 21 May 1799 Siege of Acre Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
 Great Britain 		Coalition key victory
23 March 1799 (Second) Battle of Feldkirch Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
25 March 1799 Battle of Stockach Germany  French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
29 March 1799 Battle of Verona Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Draw
5 April 1799 Battle of Magnano Italy  French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
April–July 1799 Siege of Mantua Italy  French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
16 April 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire French victory
27–28 April 1799 Battle of Cassano Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		Coalition victory
12 May 1799 Battle of Bassignana Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		French victory
16 May 1799 First Battle of Marengo
(Battle of San Giuliano) 		Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy
 Russian Empire 		Coalition victory
25 May 1799 Battle of Frauenfeld Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic
Helvetic Republic 		 Habsburg Monarchy Draw
27 May 1799 Battle of Winterthur Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
4–7 June 1799 First Battle of Zurich Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
12 June 1799 Battle of Modena Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
?–19 June 1799 Siege of Naples Italy
Sanfedisti 		 French First Republic
Parthenopean Republic 		Kingdom of Naples Sanfedisti
 Great Britain 		Coalition victory
Kingdom of Naples restored
18 June 1799 Coup of 30 Prairial VII Paris French First Republic Anti-Jacobins French First Republic Neo-Jacobins Anti-Jacobin victory
Sieyès seizes power
17–20 June 1799 Battle of Trebbia Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic
with Polish Legions 		 Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		Coalition victory
20 June 1799 Second Battle of Marengo
(Battle of Cascina Grossa) 		Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
25 July 1799 Battle of Abukir (1)
(Aboukir / Abu Qir) 		Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
* Mamluks 		French victory
14–15 August 1799 Battle of Schwyz Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
14–16 August 1799 Battle of Amsteg Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
15 August 1799 (First) Battle of Novi Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		Coalition victory
27 August 1799 Battle of Callantsoog
(Battle of Groote Keeten) 		Holland  Batavian Republic  Great Britain Coalition victory
30 August 1799 Vlieter incident Holland  Batavian Republic  Great Britain Coalition victory
10 September 1799 Battle of Krabbendam
(Battle of Zijpedijk) 		Holland  French First Republic
 Batavian Republic 		 Great Britain Coalition victory
18 September 1799 Battle of Mannheim Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
19 September 1799 Battle of Bergen (1799)
(Battle of Bergen-Binnen) 		Holland  French First Republic
 Batavian Republic 		 Great Britain
 Russian Empire 		French victory
24 September 1799 Battle of Gotthard Pass Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		Coalition victory
25–26 September 1799 Second Battle of Zurich Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		French key victory
25–26 September 1799 Battle of Linth River Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy
* Swiss rebels 		French victory
30 September – 1 October 1799 Battle of Muottental Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Russian Empire Coalition victory
1 October 1799 Battle of Näfels (1799) Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic
Helvetic Republic 		 Russian Empire
 Habsburg Monarchy 		Inconclusive[8]
6 October 1799 Battle of Castricum Holland  French First Republic
 Batavian Republic 		 Great Britain
 Russian Empire
* Prince of Orange 		French key victory
24 October 1799 Second Battle of Novi
(Battle of Bosco) 		Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic
* Polish Legions 		 Habsburg Monarchy French victory
4 November 1799 Battle of Genola
(Battle of Fossano) 		Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
9 November 1799 Coup of 18 Brumaire Paris French First Republic Napoleon & allies French First Republic French Directory Napoleonic key victory
Consulate proclaimed
3 December 1799 Battle of Wiesloch Italian
and Swiss 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
20 March 1800 Battle of Heliopolis Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Ottoman Empire
* Mamluks
 Great Britain 		French victory
6 April – 4 June 1800 Siege of Genoa Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain 		Coalition victory
10 April 1800 Battle of Sassello Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition victory
1 May 1800 Battle of Büsingen Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
3 May 1800 Battles of Stockach
and Engen 		Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
4–5 May 1800 Battle of Messkirch Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
9 May 1800 Battle of Biberach Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
14 May – 1 June 1800 Siege of Fort Bard Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy
 Kingdom of Sardinia 		French victory
31 May 1800 Combat of Turbigo Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
9 June 1800 Battle of Montebello Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
14 June 1800 Battle of Marengo Italy
Marengo 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French key victory[note 5]
19 June 1800 Battle of Höchstädt Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
27 June 1800 Battle of Neuburg Germany
Danube 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
1 December 1800 Battle of Ampfing Germany
Hohenlinden 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy Coalition pyrrhic victory
3 December 1800 Battle of Hohenlinden Germany
Hohenlinden 		 French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy
 Electorate of Bavaria 		French key victory
25–26 December 1800 Battle of Pozzolo
(Mincio River / Monzambano) 		Italy  French First Republic  Habsburg Monarchy French victory
8 March 1801 Battle of Abukir (2) Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Great Britain Coalition tactical victory
13 March 1801 Battle of Mandora Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Great Britain Coalition victory
21 March 1801 Battle of Alexandria
(Battle of Canope) 		Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  Great Britain Coalition victory
2 April 1801 Battle of Copenhagen Denmark  Denmark–Norway  United Kingdom Coalition victory
8–19 April 1801 Siege of Fort Julien Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  United Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire 		Coalition victory
May–June 1801 Siege of Cairo Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  United Kingdom
 Ottoman Empire 		Coalition victory
17 August – 2 September 1801 Siege of Alexandria Egypt and
Syria 		 French First Republic  United Kingdom Coalition[note 6] victory

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b At this time, the British and Ottomans were co-belligents; no formal alliance would be concluded until December 1798. The Battle of the Nile may be considered part of both the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 and the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.
  2. ^ Russia and the Ottoman Empire concluded an alliance in December 1798.
  3. ^ Although a formal alliance between Austria and Naples had been concluded on 19 May 1798, and Austrian general Karl Mack von Leiberich commanded the Neapolitan troops, there were no Austrian troops and formally no Austrian involvement in this campaign. France did declare war on Naples on 6 December 1798, but would not declare war on Austria until 12 March 1799.[2]
  4. ^ Following the refusal to enter in alliance against the Two Sicilies, France declared war on both Naples and Piedmont-Sardinia the same day, December 6. The Piedmontese Republic was proclaimed on 10 December 1798. The Sardinian king Charles Emmanuel IV fled to Cagliari.
  5. ^ The following day, the Convention of Alessandria was signed: a truce between France and Austria that would last from 15 June until 22 November 1800.
  6. ^ At this time, the British and Ottomans were still allies fighting against France (since December 1798), even though most other members of the Second Coalition had already signed separate peace treaties. The alliance would be suspended by the Franco–Ottoman truce of Paris (9 October 1801), come to an end by the Anglo-French Treaty of Amiens (25 March 1802), and the war would be formally concluded by the Franco–Ottoman Treaty of Paris (25 June 1802).

References

  1. ^ Dinç, Güven (2016). "The Ports of Cyprus and the French Invasion of Egypt (1798–1801)". Mediterranean Studies. Mediterranean Studies Association / Penn State University Press. 24 (1): 39. doi:10.5325/mediterraneanstu.24.1.0023. S2CID 130729612. Retrieved 26 June 2022. For this reason, the French invasion of Egypt, which was a part of the War of the Second Coalition, is regarded as the end of French supremacy in the Levant.
  2. ^ a b c Michael Ray, Robert Curley (14 February 2017). "French Revolutionary wars § Formation of the Second Coalition, French dispositions and the campaigns of 1799". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b Moskal, Jeanne (2001). Rebellious Hearts: British Women Writers and the French Revolution. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 165. ISBN 9780791490648. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Michael Ray, Gloria Lotha (18 March 2020). "Napoleonic Wars § The Marengo campaign, The Danube campaign and Hohenlinden". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ Folsom, Bradley (2017). Arredondo: Last Spanish Ruler of Texas and Northeastern New Spain. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780806158242. Retrieved 26 June 2022. ...a brief affair known as the War of the Oranges, a proxy conflict of the War of the Second Coalition, which had begun in 1798.
  6. ^ a b c Durant, Will; Durant, Ariel (2011). The Age of Napoleon: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI. Simon and Schuster. p. 589. ISBN 9781451647686. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. ^ A.Mathiez/G.Lefebvre, La Rivoluzione francese, vol. II, pp. 432–434.
  8. ^ See Suvorov's Swiss campaign § The march to Glarus
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