List of battles involving France in the Ancien Régime
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French Guards at the Battle of Fontenoy (1745), during the War of the Austrian Succession. Painting by Édouard Detaille
This is a chronological list of the battles involving France in the Ancien Régime.
For earlier and later conflicts, see List of battles involving France. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion, the Fronde, the War in the Vendée) unless a foreign country is involved; this list includes neither the peacekeeping operations (such as Operation Artemis, Operation Licorne) nor the humanitarian missions supported by the French Armed Forces.
The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the French allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
- French military victory
- French military defeat
- Indecisive or unclear outcome
Louis XIII (1610–1643)[]
Battle | Date | Current location | Contemporary location | Allies | Enemies | Result |
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Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) | ||||||
Relief of Genoa | 28 March – 24 April 1625 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré | 12 July 1627 – 28 October 1628 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of La Rochelle | September 1627 – October 1628 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of St. Kitts | 17 June – 7 September 1629 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Veillane | 10 July 1630 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Les Avins | 20 May 1635 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Leuven | 24 June – 4 July 1635 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Tornavento | 22 June 1636 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Crossing of the Somme | 5 August 1636 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Rheinfelden | 28 February – 2 March 1638 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Guetaria | 22 August 1638 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Saint-Omer | May – July 1638 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Fuenterrabía | June – September 1638 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Breisach | 18 August – 17 December 1638 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Relief of Thionville | 6–7 June 1639 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Salses | 1639 – 1 January 1640 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Arras | 16 June – 9 August 1640 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Cádiz | 21 July 1640 | Bay of Cádiz | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Turin | 22 May – 20 September 1640 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Montjuïc | 26 January 1641 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of La Marfée | 6 July 1641 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
first Battle of Tarragona | 4–6 July 1641 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
second Battle of Tarragona | 20–25 August 1641 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Kempen | 17 January 1642 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Montmeló | 28 March 1642 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Honnecourt | 26 May 1642 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Barcelona | 3 July 1642 | Balearic Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Lerida | 7 October 1642 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Louis XIV (1643–1715)[]
Battle | Date | Location | Allies | Enemies | Result |
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Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) | |||||
Battle of Rocroi | 19 May 1643 | France | None | ![]() |
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Battle of Cartagena | 3 September 1643 | Spain | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Tuttlingen | 24 November 1643 | Germany | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Freiburg | 9 August 1644 | Germany | None | ![]() ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Herbsthausen | 2 May 1645 | Germany | None | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Nördlingen | 3 August 1645 | Germany | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Orbitello | 14 June 1646 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Zusmarshausen | 17 May 1648 | Germany | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Lens | 20 August 1648 | France | ![]() |
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Siege of Barcelona | 10 October 1652 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Bordeaux | 20 October 1653 | France | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Arras | 23–25 August 1654 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Landrecies | 19 June – 13 July 1655 | France | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Valenciennes | 16 July 1656 | France | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of the Dunes | 4 June 1658 | France | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
Austro-Turkish War (1663–1664) (1663–1664) | |||||
Battle of Saint Gotthard | 1 August 1664 | Hungary | ![]() |
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Victory |
War of Devolution (1667–1668) | |||||
10 September 1693 – 11 October 1693 | Belgium | None | ![]() |
Victory | |
21–26 June 1667 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Siege of Lille | 10–28 August 1667 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) | |||||
Siege of Groenlo | 1–10 June 1672 | Netherlands | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Solebay | 7 June 1672 | England | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Schooneveld | 7 June 1673 | Netherlands | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Siege of Maastricht | 13–26 June 1673 | Netherlands | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Texel | 21 August 1673 | Netherlands | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Siege of Bonn | 3–12 November 1673 | Germany | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Sinsheim | 16 June 1674 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Seneffe | 11 August 1674 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Entzheim | 4 October 1674 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Mulhouse | 29 December 1674 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Turckheim | 5 January 1675 | France | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Salzbach | 27 July 1675 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Konzer Brücke | 11 August 1675 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Stromboli | 8 January 1676 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Augusta | 22 April 1676 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Philippsburg | 1 May 1676 – 17 September 1676 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Palermo | 2 June 1676 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Valenciennes | 1676 – 17 March 1677 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Tobago | 3 March 1677 | Trinidad and Tobago | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Cambrai | 20 March – 19 April 1677 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
1677 | Senegal | None | ![]() |
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Battle of Cassel | 11 April 1677 | France | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Saint-Denis | 14–15 August 1678 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
War of the Reunions (1681–1684) | |||||
28–30 September 1681 | France | None | ![]() |
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1–6 November 1683 | Belgium | None | ![]() |
Victory | |
10 November 1683 | Belgium | None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Siege of Luxembourg | 28 April – 3 June 1684 | Luxembourg | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Bombardment of Genoa | 18–28 May 1684 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siamese revolution (1688) | |||||
Siege of Bangkok | June 1688 – 13 November 1688 | Thailand | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
War of the League of Augsburg (1688–1697) | |||||
Siege of Philippsburg | 27 September – 29 October 1688 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Victory |
1689 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Bantry Bay | 11 May 1689 | Ireland | None | ![]() |
Victory |
1 June 1689 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Walcourt | 25 August 1689 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Fleurus | 1 July 1690 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Beachy Head | 10 July 1690 | English Channel | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of the Boyne | 12 July 1690 | Ireland | Jacobite forces | Williamite forces | Defeat |
Battle of Staffarda | 18 August 1690 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Quebec | 16–24 October 1690 | Canada | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Cuneo | 28 June 1691 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Mons | 15 March – 10 April 1691 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of La Prairie | 11 August 1691 | Canada | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Limerick | August – October 1691 | Ireland | Jacobite forces | Williamite forces | Defeat |
Battle of Leuze | 18 September 1691 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Aughrim | 12 July 1691 | Ireland | Jacobite forces | Williamite forces | Defeat |
Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue | 29 May 1692 | English Channel | None | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Action at Cherbourg | 1–2 June 1692 | English Channel | None | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Namur | 25 May – 30 June 1692 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Steenkerque | 3 August 1692 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Lagos | 27 June 1693 | Portugal | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Landen | 29 July 1693 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Marsaglia | 4 October 1693 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
10 September – 11 October 1693 | Belgium | None | ![]() |
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Battle of Torroella | 27 May 1694 | Spain | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Camaret | 18 June 1694 | France | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Action of 29 June 1694 | 29 June 1694 | Netherlands | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Namur | 2 July – 5 September 1695 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Bombardment of Brussels | 13–15 July 1695 | Belgium | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Dogger Bank | 17 June 1696 | North Sea | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Raid on Cartagena | 13 April 1697 | Colombia | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Barcelona | 15 June – 8 August 1697 | Spain | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Hudson's Bay | 5 September 1697 | Canada | None | ![]() |
Victory |
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) | |||||
Battle of Carpi | 9 July 1701 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Chiari | 1 September 1701 | Italy | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Cremona | 1 February 1702 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Luzzara | 15 August 1702 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Friedlingen | 14 October 1702 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Vigo Bay | 23 October 1702 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Siege of Kehl | 20 February 1703 – 10 March 1703 | Germany | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Cap de la Roque | 22 May 1703 | Portugal | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Ekeren | 30 June 1703 | Belgium | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Höchstädt | 20 September 1703 | Germany | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Speyerbach | 15 November 1703 | Germany | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Raid on Deerfield | 29 February 1704 | United States | Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Schellenberg | 2 July 1704 | Germany | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Blenheim | 13 August 1704 | Germany | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Vélez-Málaga | 24 August 1704 | Spain | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
Siege of St. John's | 1 February – 5 March 1705 | Canada | Mi'kmaq Abenakis | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Cabrita point | March 1705 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Elixheim | 18 July 1705 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Cassano | 16 August 1705 | Italy | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Montjuïc | 13–17 September 1705 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
First Siege of Barcelona | 14 September – 19 October 1705 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Second Siege of Barcelona | 3–27 April 1706 | Spain | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Calcinato | 19 April 1706 | Italy | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Ramillies | 23 May 1706 | Belgium | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat |
Charles Town expedition | August 1706 | Canada | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Turin | 7 September 1706 | Italy | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Castiglione | 8 September 1706 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Almansa | 25 April 1707 | Spain | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Beachy Head | 2 May 1707 | English Channel | None | ![]() |
Victory |
First siege of Port Royal | 17–28 June 1707 | Canada | Natives | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Toulon | 29 July – 21 August 1707 | France | ![]() |
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Victory |
Second siege of Port Royal | 20–31 August 1707 | Canada | Natives | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle at The Lizard | 21 October 1707 | English Channel | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Oudenarde | 11 July 1708 | Belgium | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Lille | 28 July – 28 October 1708 | France | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Wijnendale | 28 September 1708 | Belgium | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of St. John's | 1 January 1709 | Canada | Mi'kmaq Abenakis | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Malplaquet | 11 September 1709 | France | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Third siege of Port Royal | 24 September – 1 October 1710 | Canada | Natives | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Syracuse | 9 November 1710 | Italy | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Brihuega | 8 December 1710 | Spain | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Villaviciosa | 10 December 1710 | Spain | ![]() |
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Victory |
Siege of Bouchain | 5 August – 12 September 1711 | France | None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Quebec Expedition | 22 August 1711 | Canada | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Denain | 24 July 1712 | France | None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Barcelona | 25 July 1713 – 11 September 1714 | Spain | ![]() |
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Victory |
Louis XV (1715–1774)[]
Battle | Date | Current location | Contemporary location | Allies | Enemies | Result |
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War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) | ||||||
Capture of Pensacola | 1719 | ![]() |
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Victory |
War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) | ||||||
Siege of Kehl | 13 October 1733 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Pizzighettone | 11 November – 9 December 1733 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Siege of Philippsburg | 2 June – 18 July 1734 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Danzig | 22 February – 9 July 1734 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of San Pietro | 29 June 1734 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Siege of Gaeta | 6 August 1734 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Guastalla | 19 September 1734 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Clausen | 20 October 1735 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) | ||||||
Battle of Sahay | 24 May 1742 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Prague | June – December 1742 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Dettingen | 27 June 1743 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Toulon | 22 February 1744 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Action of 8 May 1744 | 8 May 1744 | Atlantic Ocean | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Raid on Canso | 23 May 1744 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Villafranca | 20 April 1744 | ![]() |
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Victory |
First siege of Annapolis Royal | 1 July – 6 October 1744 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Casteldelfino | 18 July 1744 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo | 30 September 1744 | ![]() |
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Siege of Louisbourg | 1 May – 16 June 1745 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
2–10 May 1745 | ![]() |
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Second siege of Annapolis Royal | 2–23 May 1745 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Fontenoy | 11 May 1745 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Pfaffenhofen | 15 April 1745 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Action of 15 June 1745 | 15 June 1745 | Northumberland Strait | Idem | MicmacsMaliseetsHurons | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Melle | 9 July 1745 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Fall of Ghent | 15 July 1745 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Northeast Coast Campaign | 19 July – 5 September 1745 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Bassignano | 27 September 1745 | ![]() |
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Raid on Saratoga | 28 November 1745 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Brussels | January – February 1746 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Fort William | 20 March – 3 April 1746 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Culloden | 16 April 1746 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Siege of Fort at Number 4 | 7–11 April 1746 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Piacenza | 16 June 1746 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Port-la-Joye | 11 July 1746 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Rottofreddo | 12 August 1746 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Siege of Fort Massachusetts | 19–20 August 1746 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Madras | 7–9 September 1746 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Raid on Lorient | 20 September 1746 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Adyar | 29 October 1746 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Rocoux | 11 October 1746 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Grand Pré | 10–11 February 1747 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
First Battle of Cape Finisterre | 14 May 1747 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Lauffeld | 2 July 1747 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Bergen op Zoom | July – September 1747 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Genoa | 1747 | ![]() |
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Battle of Assietta | 19 July 1747 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Second Battle of Cape Finisterre | 25 October 1747 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Saint-Louis-du-Sud | 25 October 1747 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Maastricht | April – May 1748 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Pondicherry | August – October 1748 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) | ||||||
European theater of the Seven Years' War | ||||||
Siege of Fort St. Philip | April – 29 June 1756 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Minorca | 20 May 1756 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Hastenbeck | 26 July 1757 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Raid on Rochefort | September 1757 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Rossbach | 5 November 1757 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Cartagena | 28 February 1758 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Raid on St Malo | 5–12 June 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Rheinberg | 12 June 1758 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Indecisive | |
Battle of Krefeld | 23 June 1758 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
Raid on Cherbourg | 7 August 1758 – 16 August 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Saint Cast | 11 September 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Lutterberg | 10 October 1758 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Bergen | 13 April 1759 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Raid on Le Havre | 3–5 July 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Minden | 1 August 1759 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Lagos | 18–19 August 1759 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Quiberon Bay | 20 November 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Carrickfergus | 21–26 February 1760 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Corbach | 10 July 1760 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Emsdorf | 14 July 1760 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Warburg | 31 July 1760 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Kloster Kampen | 15 October 1760 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Langensalza | 10 February 1761 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
First siege of Cassel | March 1761 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of Grünberg | 21 March 1761 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Capture of Belle Île | 7 April – 8 June 1761 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Villinghausen | 15–16 July 1761 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Ölper | 13 October 1761 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Wilhelmsthal | 24 June 1762 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Lutterberg | 23 July 1762 | ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battle of Nauheim | 30 August 1762 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() |
Victory | |
Second Siege of Cassel | October – November 1762 | ![]() |
None | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat | |
American theater of the Seven Years' War | ||||||
Battle of Jumonville Glen | 28 May 1754 | ![]() |
Ohio Country | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Fort Necessity | 3 July 1754 | ![]() |
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HuronsOdawasNipissings | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Fort Beauséjour | 3–16 June 1755 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Action of 8 June 1755 | 8 June 1755 | Atlantic Ocean | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Braddock expedition | 9 July 1755 | ![]() |
Ohio Country | OdawasOjibwePotawatomis | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of the Monongahela | 9 July 1755 | ![]() |
Ohio Country | Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Petitcodiac | 3 September 1755 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Lake George | 8 September 1755 | ![]() |
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Iroquois | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Fort Bull | 27 March 1756 | ![]() |
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IroquoisHurons | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Fort Oswego | 10–14 August 1756 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle on Snowshoes | 21 January 1757 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Sabbath Day Point | 23 July 1757 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Fort William Henry | 3 August 1757 | ![]() |
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Hurons | ![]() |
Victory |
Louisbourg Expedition | September 1757 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Cap-Français | 21 October 1757 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Attack on German Flatts | 12 November 1757 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle on Snowshoes | 23 March 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Bloody Creek | 8 December 1757 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Louisbourg | 8 June – 26 July 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Carillon | 8 July 1758 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Fort Frontenac | 25–27 August 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Fort Duquesne | 13 September 1758 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Fort Ligonier | 12 October 1758 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Defeat |
Invasion of Martinique | 16–19 January 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Invasion of Guadeloupe | 22 January – 1 May 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Fort Niagara | 6–26 July 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of La Belle-Famille | 24 July 1759 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Ticonderoga | 26–27 July 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Beauport | 31 July 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of the Plains of Abraham | 13 September 1759 | ![]() |
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Native Americans | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Sainte-Foy | 28 April 1760 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Restigouche | 3–8 July 1760 | ![]() |
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Mi'kmaqs | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of the Thousand Islands | 16–24 August 1760 | ![]() ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Invasion of Dominica | June 1761 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Capture of Martinique | 5 January – 12 February 1762 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Signal Hill | 15 September 1762 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Asian theater of the Seven Years' War | ||||||
Battle of Chandannagar | 23 March 1757 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Plassey | 23 June 1757 | ![]() |
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Nawab of Bengal | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Cuddalore | 29 October 1758 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Negapatam | 3 August 1758 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Condore | 9 December 1758 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Pondicherry | 10 September 1758 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Masulipatam | 6 March – 7 April 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Madras | December 1758 and February 1759 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Wandiwash | 22 January 1760 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Pondicherry | 4 September 1760 – 15 January 1761 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Larache expedition | June 1765 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Conquest of Corsica (1768–1769) | ||||||
Battle of Borgo | 8–9 October 1768 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat | |
Battle of Ponte Novu | 8–9 May 1769 | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Victory |
Louis XVI (1774–1792)[]
Battle | Date | Current location | Contemporary location | Allies | Enemies | Result |
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American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) | ||||||
First Battle of Ushant | 27 July 1778 | Bay of Biscay | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Pondicherry | 21 August – 19 October 1778 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Invasion of Dominica | 7 September 1778 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of St. Lucia | 15 December 1778 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Capture of St. Lucia | 18–28 December 1778 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Capture of Saint Vincent | 16–18 June 1779 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Great Siege of Gibraltar | 24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Capture of Grenada | 2–4 July 1779 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Grenada | 6 July 1779 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Siege of Savannah | 16 September – 18 October 1779 | ![]() |
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Defeat |
Battle of Flamborough Head | 23 September 1779 | North Sea | Idem | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
First Battle of Martinique | 18 December 1779 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Second Battle of Martinique | 17 April 1780 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Action of 9 August 1780 | 9 August 1780 | Atlantic Ocean | Idem | ![]() |
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Victory |
Action of 30 September 1780 | 30 September 1780 | Atlantic Ocean | ![]() |
None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Jersey | 6 January 1781 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Pensacola | 9 March – 8 May 1781 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of Cape Henry | 16 March 1781 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Battle of Porto Praya | 16 April 1781 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Fort Royal | 29–30 April 1781 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Invasion of Tobago | 24 May – 2 June 1781 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Naval battle off Cape Breton | 21 July 1781 | Atlantic Ocean | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Invasion of Minorca | 19 August 1781 – 5 February 1782 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Siege of Yorktown | 28 September – 17 October 1781 | ![]() |
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Victory |
Battle of the Chesapeake | 5 September 1781 | Chesapeake Bay | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Recapture of Sint Eustatius | 26 November 1781 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Second Battle of Ushant | 12 December 1781 | Bay of Biscay | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Siege of Brimstone Hill | 11 January – 13 February 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo | 22 January 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of St. Kitts | 25–26 January 1782 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Sadras | 17 February 1782 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Capture of Montserrat | 22 February 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
3 April 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory | |
Battle of the Saintes | 9/12 April 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Providien | 12 April 1782 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of the Mona Passage | 19 April 1782 | Caribbean Sea | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Third Battle of Ushant | 20–21 April 1782 | Bay of Biscay | Idem | None | ![]() |
Defeat |
Battle of Negapatam | 6 July 1782 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Hudson Bay Expedition | 8 August 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Trincomalee | 25 August – 3 September 1782 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Battle of Cape Spartel | 20 October 1782 | Strait of Gibraltar | Idem | ![]() |
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Indecisive |
Capture of the Turks and Caicos Islands | 12 February 1783 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Victory |
Second Battle of Cuddalore | 7 June – 25 July 1783 | ![]() |
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None | ![]() |
Indecisive |
Third Battle of Cuddalore | 20 June 1783 | Bay of Bengal | Idem | None | ![]() |
Victory |
See also[]
- Military history of France
- List of wars involving France
- French Armed Forces
- Deployments of the French military
Categories:
- French military-related lists
- Military history of France
- Lists of wars by country
- Lists of battles
- Battles involving France
- Military history of the Ancien Régime