French Revolutionary Wars

French Revolutionary Wars, wars occurring in the era of the French Revolution and the beginning of the Napoleonic era, the decade of 1792–1802. The wars began as an effort to defend the Revolution and developed into wars of conquest under the empire. The peace obtained in 1801–2 is generally considered to divide the French Revolutionary Wars from the Napoleonic Wars, but the character of the conflict changed only gradually.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Second Coalition
• First Coalition
• War with Austria
• The Origins of the Wars
• Bibliography

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