The Grande Armée (pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d aʁme]; French for 'Great Army') was the main military component of the French Imperial Army commanded by Emperor Napoleon...
128 KB (16,583 words) - 12:29, 10 January 2025
French invasion of Russia (section Grande Armée)
the Grande Armée. Command disputes between Jerome, Vandamme and Davout would not help the situation. In the first two weeks of July, the Grande Armée lost...
147 KB (16,416 words) - 20:40, 13 January 2025
The uniforms of La Grande Armée, the army of Napoleon I, are described in this article. From 1793, the uniforms of the demi-brigade of the line infantry...
49 KB (4,095 words) - 18:33, 21 November 2024
The I Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. Though disbanded in 1814, following the Treaty of Fontainebleau...
26 KB (796 words) - 17:37, 20 May 2024
tactics as it withdrew east, and harried the Grande Armée with light Cossack cavalry. The Grande Armée did not adjust its operational methods in response...
192 KB (21,296 words) - 19:22, 16 January 2025
Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon's army also contained...
72 KB (7,605 words) - 06:56, 16 January 2025
This is the complete order of battle of the French and Third Coalition armies during the Battle of Austerlitz. The French army was under the supreme command...
21 KB (2,406 words) - 18:18, 29 October 2024
As with all armed forces throughout history, the French Grande Armée of the Napoleonic Wars used a colorful and extensive vocabulary of slang terms to...
10 KB (1,216 words) - 12:14, 3 March 2023
order of battle of the French invasion of Russia. Napoleon organized the Grande Armée the largest army assembled up to that point in European history. After...
35 KB (3,804 words) - 12:26, 10 January 2025
The Column of the Grande Armée (French - Colonne de la grande Armée or Colonne Napoléone) is a 53 metre high Corinthian order triumphal column (modelled...
11 KB (1,420 words) - 00:22, 26 December 2024
(Grande Armée) III Corps (Grande Armée) IV Corps (Grande Armée) V Corps (Grande Armée) VI Corps (Grande Armée) VII Corps (Grande Armée) VIII Corps (Grande Armée)...
84 KB (10,792 words) - 23:15, 8 January 2025
The IV Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. It consisted of several different units and commanders...
5 KB (439 words) - 00:44, 30 August 2024
French Army (redirect from Armée de Terre)
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (French: Armée de terre, lit. 'Army of Land'), is the principal land warfare force of France, and the...
51 KB (5,814 words) - 03:27, 5 January 2025
general (major general) and assumed command of the 26th Division of the Grande Armée. This division consisted of troops from Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, and Berg...
15 KB (1,360 words) - 13:10, 30 December 2024
"Grande armée" is a song by French rapper Lacrim. It peaked at number two in France. "Lacrim – Grande armée" (in French). Ultratop 50. "Lacrim – Grande...
2 KB (63 words) - 03:49, 2 September 2024
attached as an official artist to the Bavarian contingent in Bonaparte's Grande Armée. Throughout the campaign he sketched, painted and depicted an important...
12 KB (1,299 words) - 14:18, 9 January 2025
defeated Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806, marched his Grande Armée into Eastern Europe, and defeated the Russians in 1807 at the Battle...
185 KB (19,474 words) - 22:26, 16 January 2025
victory involved the Ulm Campaign, a large wheeling manoeuvre by the Grande Armée lasting from late August to mid-October 1805 that captured an entire...
70 KB (8,827 words) - 16:26, 15 January 2025
The Scottish Guards (French: Gardes Écossaises) was a bodyguard unit founded in 1418 by the Valois Charles VII of France, to be personal bodyguards to...
14 KB (1,735 words) - 22:23, 16 January 2025
Economic and logistical aspects of the Napoleonic Wars (section Formation of the Grande Armée and Early Campaigns (1803–1806))
Consulate, and was ably assisted by Pierre Daru, Intendant General of the Grande Armée from 1806 onwards, who later held various key positions in the military...
120 KB (14,435 words) - 14:18, 4 January 2025
The Avenue de la Grande Armée is an avenue in Paris, France, marking the boundary between its 16th and 17th arrondissements. It was formerly named Avenue...
2 KB (196 words) - 19:32, 12 December 2024
Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between Napoleon's Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army under Field Marshal Wittgenstein and Admiral...
28 KB (2,868 words) - 02:58, 1 January 2025
The III Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. The corps came to prominence between 1805 and 1809...
5 KB (378 words) - 15:53, 15 October 2023
The I Cavalry Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars. For one month in 1806–1807, Emperor Napoleon...
2 KB (184 words) - 15:55, 21 December 2021
engagements like Cannae or Gaugamela. The military victory of Napoleon's Grande Armée at Austerlitz brought the War of the Third Coalition to an end, with...
70 KB (7,982 words) - 12:22, 12 January 2025
September [O.S. 26 August] 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain...
85 KB (9,774 words) - 20:55, 13 January 2025
shield (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée). The names of the...
21 KB (686 words) - 20:04, 22 December 2024
however, the sergeants used chevrons in yellow or white. Uniforms of La Grande Armée Ranks in the French Army French Army "1812 год. Французская армия – командный...
8 KB (361 words) - 11:15, 5 November 2024
and Avenue de la Grande Armée (to the south and west). The 17th arrondissement encompasses the area between Avenue de la Grande Armée and Avenue de Wagram...
11 KB (1,017 words) - 18:00, 25 December 2024
Army of Germany (1809) (redirect from La Grande Armée d'Allemagne)
the Fifth Coalition in 1809. The Army of Germany was distinct from the Grande Armée (Great Army) of the preceding Coalition Wars, which the Emperor Napoleon...
3 KB (366 words) - 13:41, 27 November 2024