Grande Armée
Army · France · August 29, 1805 – November 2, 1813 · 210,000 strong
Napoleon's main field army, formed from the troops camped at Boulogne for the planned invasion of Britain. It marched to the Danube in 1805, beat Austria and Russia, then crushed Prussia in 1806 and Russia in 1807.
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Sub-units 9
- Corps X Corps (Grande Armée)
- Corps VII Corps (Reynier, 1812)
- Corps II Corps (Oudinot, 1812)
- Corps III Corps (Ney, 1812)
- Corps IV Corps (Eugène, 1812)
- Corps Austrian Auxiliary Corps (1812)
- Army Oudinot's Army of Berlin (1813)
- Corps Vandamme's I Corps (1813)
- Army Macdonald's Army of the Bober (1813)
People who served 8
Strength and losses
- Nominal Strength: 210,000
- Nominal Strength: 450,000
- August 29, 1805 Strength: 210,000
- December 2, 1805 Strength: 73,000 Battle of Austerlitz
- June 24, 1812 Strength: 450,000 French invasion of Russia
- September 7, 1812 Strength: 130,000 Battle of Borodino
- September 14, 1812 Strength: 100,000
- October 16, 1813 Strength: 190,000 Battle of Leipzig
Movements
- 1805 – 1806 War of the Third Coalition
- August 29, 1805 Camp of Boulogne: marches for the Rhine Map
- September 26, 1805 Crosses the Rhine between Strasbourg and Mannheim (approximate) Map
- October 16, 1805 – October 20, 1805 Battle of Ulm Encircles the Austrian army at Ulm Map
- November 8, 1805 Battle of Mariazell
- November 13, 1805 Enters Vienna Map
- December 2, 1805 Battle of Austerlitz Map
- 1806 – 1807 War of the Fourth Coalition
- February 1, 1806 – September 15, 1806 Quartered in southern Germany (approximate) Map
- October 14, 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt Map
- October 27, 1806 Enters Berlin Map
- November 28, 1806 Enters Warsaw Map
- February 7, 1807 – February 8, 1807 Battle of Eylau Map
- June 14, 1807 Battle of Friedland Map
- July 7, 1807 – July 9, 1807 Treaties of Tilsit Map
- May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814 Peninsular War
- April 19, 1809 Battle of Teugen–Hausen
- May 15 – June 8, 1810 Siege of Mequinenza
- June 24, 1812 French invasion of Russia Crosses the Niemen at Kovno Map
- June 28, 1812 Enters Vilna Map
- July 24 – December 18, 1812 Siege of Riga (1812)
- July 28, 1812 Vitebsk Map
- July 28 – August 1, 1812 Battle of Klyastitsy
- August 12, 1812 Battle of Gorodechno
- August 16, 1812 – August 18, 1812 Battle of Smolensk Map
- August 16–18, 1812 Battle of Smolensk (1812)
- August 17–18, 1812 First Battle of Polotsk
- September 7, 1812 Battle of Borodino Map
- September 14, 1812 – October 19, 1812 Occupies Moscow Map
- October 18–20, 1812 Second Battle of Polotsk
- October 24, 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets Map
- October 24, 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets
- November 3, 1812 Battle of Vyazma
- November 9, 1812 Smolensk on the retreat Map
- November 15–18, 1812 Battle of Krasnoi
- November 17, 1812 Battle of Krasnoi Map
- November 26, 1812 – November 29, 1812 Battle of Berezina Crosses the Berezina at Studzianka Map
- December 8, 1812 Vilna Map
- December 14, 1812 Last troops recross the Niemen at Kovno Map
- 1813 – 1814 War of the Sixth Coalition
- May 2, 1813 Battle of Lützen Map
- May 20, 1813 – May 21, 1813 Battle of Bautzen Map
- August 23, 1813 Battle of Großbeeren
- August 26, 1813 – August 27, 1813 Battle of Dresden Map
- August 26, 1813 Battle of the Katzbach
- August 29–30, 1813 Battle of Kulm
- September 6, 1813 Battle of Dennewitz
- October 16, 1813 – October 19, 1813 Battle of Leipzig Map
- October 30, 1813 – October 31, 1813 Battle of Hanau Map
- November 2, 1813 Recrosses the Rhine at Mainz Map