Major Battles Of The Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon Bonaparte saw some of the greatest victories and defeats in military history over a decade and a half of war. Between 1799 and 1815, a series of major conflicts were fought between France and several European nations in what became Napoleonic wars under the stewardship of young Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic war followed the War of the first Coalition (1793-1797) and involved national armies with riflemen, artillery and large-scale use of guns. Napoleon had seized power after the 1799 coup d’état in France and in 1804 he crowned himself the emperor of France in a lavish ceremony. Under his leadership, France engaged in a series of battles against nations and allied coalitions in an aim to expand the empire across central and western Europe. For more than a decade and a half, Napoleon fought many battles suffering heavy defeats and winning crucial battles. 10. Battle of Aboukir Bay (August of 1798) Also, known as the Battle of Nile, it was a naval engagement between th...
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