War of the First Coalition

War of the First Coalition

Part of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Coalition Wars

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The Battle of Valmy was a decisive victory for the French revolutionary army.

Date

1792–1797

Location

France, Central Europe, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, West Indies

Result

French victory; Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio

Establishment and survival of the French First Republic
French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands, the Left Bank of the Rhine and other smaller territories
Several French "sister republic" established
Hostilities resume in 1798 with the formation of a Second Coalition against France

Belligerents

First Coalition:
Holy Roman Empire

Habsburg Monarchy
Prussia (until 1795)

Great Britain
Army of Condé
Spain (until 1795)
Dutch Republic (until 1795)
Portugal
Sardinia (until 1796)
Naples and Sicily

Other Italian states

Kingdom of France (until 1792)
French First Republic (from 1792)

French satellites and subdued former enemies:

Spain (from 1796)
Batavian Republic (from 1795)
Sister republic
Polish Legions (from 1797)

Commanders and leaders

Jacques Pierre Brissot (1792-3)
Maximilien Robespierre (1793-4)
Paul Barras (from 1795)
Charles IV (from 1796)

French victory; Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio

First Coalition:
Holy Roman Empire

Great Britain
Army of Condé
Spain (until 1795)
Dutch Republic (until 1795)
Portugal
Sardinia (until 1796)
Naples and Sicily

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