✦ History

War of the Second Coalition

June 28, 1798 – March 25, 1802

Result French victory

Ended by Treaty of Lunéville, Treaty of Paris (8 October 1801), Treaty of Amiens

Britain, Austria, Russia and other states formed a new coalition against Revolutionary France. After early Coalition gains, French victories at Marengo and Hohenlinden forced Austria to make peace, and Britain followed at Amiens.

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Battles 33

April 20, 1792 – February 9, 1801
Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars French victory Northern Italy Paul I of Russia, Napoleon, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
June 1798 – December 1798
Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Coalition victory Mediterranean Sea Horatio Nelson, Napoleon, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
September 10, 1798
Battle of St. George's Caye British victory St. George's Caye
October 23, 1798
Battle of Nicopolis (1798) Victory of Ali Pasha Preveza
November 4, 1798 – March 3, 1799
Siege of Corfu (1798–1799) Russo-Ottoman victory Corfu Fyodor Ushakov
March 1799 – December 1799
Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799 Russo-Austrian victory in Italy; French victory in Switzerland Italian Peninsula Barthélémy Catherine Joubert, André Masséna, Michael von Melas
March 21, 1799
Battle of Ostrach Austrian victory Ostrach Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
March 23, 1799
Battle of Feldkirch French victory (1st) Feldkirch André Masséna, Nicolas Oudinot, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
March 25, 1799
Battle of Stockach (1799) Austrian victory Stockach Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
April 1799 – July 1799
Siege of Mantua (1799) Austrian victory Mantua Paul Kray
April 5, 1799
Battle of Magnano Austrian victory Magnano Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Paul Kray
May 12, 1799
Battle of Bassignana (1799) French victory Bassignana Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
May 25, 1799
Battle of Frauenfeld French victory Frauenfeld Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, André Masséna, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
May 27, 1799
Battle of Winterthur Austrian victory Winterthur Michel Ney, Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf, Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze
June 2–5, 1799
First Battle of Zurich Austrian victory Zurich Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière, André Masséna
August 27 – November 19, 1799
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Franco-Batavian victory North Holland John Moore, Ralph Abercromby, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
September 10, 1799
Battle of Krabbendam British victory Zijpe Ralph Abercromby, Herman Willem Daendels, Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
September 21 – October 8, 1799
Suvorov's Swiss campaign Victory of the French First Republic Alps Pyotr Bagration, André Masséna, Jean-de-Dieu Soult
October 2, 1799
Battle of Alkmaar (1799) Anglo-Russian victory Alkmaar Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Magnus Gustav von Essen, Herman Willem Daendels
November 4, 1799
Battle of Genola Austrian victory Genola Michael von Melas
1800
Marengo campaign French victory Northern Italy Napoleon, André Masséna, Jean Lannes
May 3, 1800
Battles of Stockach and Engen French victory Stockach Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Joseph of Lorraine, prince of Vaudemont, Paul Kray
May 3, 1800
Battle of Engen French victory Engen Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Joseph of Lorraine, prince of Vaudemont, Paul Kray
May 5, 1800
Battle of Messkirch French victory Meßkirch Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Paul Kray
May 15, 1800
Battle of Erbach French victory Erbach Paul Kray
May 31, 1800
Combat of Turbigo French victory Napoleon
June 9, 1800
Battle of Montebello (1800) French victory Montebello della Battaglia Jean Lannes, Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz
June 19, 1800
Battle of Höchstädt (1800) French victory Höchstädt an der Donau Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Paul Kray
June 27, 1800
Battle of Neuburg (1800) Neuburg an der Donau Paul Kray
August 25–26, 1800
Ferrol Expedition Spanish victory Ferrol, Spain Juan Joaquín Moreno de Mondragón, Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
December 25, 1800
Battle of Pozzolo French victory Monzambano Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde, Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
May 20 – June 9, 1801
War of the Oranges Franco-Spanish victory Rio Grande do Sul Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
June 13 – July 14, 1801
Algeciras campaign Strait of Gibraltar James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez, Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois, Juan Joaquín Moreno de Mondragón

Key commanders

Russian Empire 6

Fyodor Ushakov military commander Pyotr Bagration military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Andrey Rosenberg military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander Andreas Karaczay military commander

French First Republic 20

André Masséna military commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Napoleon military commander Jean Lannes military commander Louis Desaix military commander Luis Alejandro Berthier military commander Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno military commander Pierre Augereau military commander Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander Louis-Gabriel Suchet military commander François Christophe de Kellermann military commander Charles IV of Spain belligerent leader Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras military commander Michel Ney military commander Dominique Vandamme military commander Herman Willem Daendels military commander Jean Boudet military commander Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune military commander Samuel Story military commander Paul Grenier military commander

Habsburg monarchy 7

Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde military commander Michael von Melas military commander Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia military commander Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Andrey Rosenberg military commander Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze military commander

First French Republic 4

Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune military commander Napoleon military commander François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers military commander Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer military commander

Kingdom of Great Britain 11

Horatio Nelson military commander Fyodor Ushakov military commander John Moore military commander Ralph Abercromby military commander Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany military commander Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan military commander Magnus Gustav von Essen military commander Johann Hermann von Fersen military commander Home Riggs Popham military commander Andrew Mitchell military commander James Pulteney military commander

Habsburg Monarchy 15

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander Duke Louis of Württemberg military commander Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf military commander Paul I of Russia belligerent leader Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader József Alvinczi military commander Ferdinand III of Tuscany military commander Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies military commander Alexander Suvorov military commander Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser military commander Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze military commander Joseph of Lorraine, prince of Vaudemont military commander Paul Kray military commander Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz military commander Michael von Melas military commander

France 18

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan military commander Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr military commander Dominique Vandamme military commander Joseph Souham military commander François Joseph Lefebvre military commander Jean Victor Marie Moreau military commander Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière military commander André Masséna military commander Jean-de-Dieu Soult military commander Nicolas Oudinot military commander Jean Lannes military commander Herman Willem Daendels military commander Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune military commander Barthélémy Catherine Joubert military commander Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer military commander Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald military commander Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois military commander Juan Joaquín Moreno de Mondragón military commander

Holy Roman Empire 18

Michael von Melas military commander Peter Karl Ott von Bátorkéz military commander Anton von Zach military commander George Elphinstone military commander John Adams belligerent leader George III belligerent leader William Pitt the Younger belligerent leader Paul I of Russia belligerent leader Selim III belligerent leader Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor belligerent leader Charles Emmanuel IV belligerent leader Maria Carolina of Austria belligerent leader Ferdinand III of Tuscany military commander Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies belligerent leader Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen military commander Prince Heinrich XV of Reuss-Plauen military commander Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze military commander Paul Kray military commander

Spain 2

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr military commander Juan Joaquín Moreno de Mondragón military commander

United Kingdom 1

James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez military commander

Great Britain 3

Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet military commander Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth military commander James Pulteney military commander