War of the First Coalition
Part of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Coalition Wars
Battle of ValmySiege of Toulon (1793)Battle of Fleurus (1794)Invasion of France (1795)Battle of ArcoleSiege of Mantua (1796–1797)War of the first coalition
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Battles of Valmy, Toulon, Fleurus, Quiberon, Arcole and Mantua
Date20 April 1792 – 17 October 1797
(5 years, 5 months and 4 weeks)
Location
France, Central Europe, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, West Indies
Result

French victory; Treaty of Paris, Peace of Basel, Treaty of Campo Formio

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

    First Coalition:
    Kingdom of FranceArmy of Condé
     Dutch Republic
    (until 1795)
     Great Britain
     Holy Roman Empire(until 1797)

    • Habsburg MonarchyHabsburg monarchy(until 1797)
     Naples(until 1796)
     Portugal
     Prussia(until 1795)
     Sardinia(until 1796)
    SpainSpain(until 1795)
    Other Italian states
    •  Kingdom of France(until 1792)
    • French First RepublicFrench Republic(from 1792)

    French satellites:

    •  Batavian Republic(from 1795)
    • Polish Legions(from 1797)
    • Sister republics
    • SpainSpain(from 1796)
    Commanders and leaders
    • Dutch RepublicLaurens Pieter van de Spiegel
    • Habsburg MonarchyFrancis II
    • Kingdom of NaplesFerdinand IV & III
    • Kingdom of PortugalPrince Regent John
    • Kingdom of PrussiaFrederick William II
    • Kingdom of SardiniaVictor Amadeus III
    • SpainCharles IV
      (until 1795)
    • Kingdom of Great BritainWilliam Pitt
    • Constitutional Cabinet of Louis XVIJacques Pierre Brissot Executed
    • French First RepublicMaximilien Robespierre Executed
    • French First RepublicNapoleon Bonaparte
    • French First RepublicPaul Barras
      (from 1795)
    • SpainCharles IV
      (from 1796)
    Strength

    French First Republic1794:

    • 1,169,000
    Casualties and losses
    Habsburg Monarchy94,000 soldiers killed in combat
    ~282,000 died of disease
    220,000 captured
    100,000 wounded
    French First Republic100,000 soldiers killed in combat
    ~300,000 died of disease
    150,000 captured