Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- 17 Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns, 1796–1800
- 18 The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
- 19 The Campaigns of 1806–7 in Prussia and Poland
- 20 The Peninsular War, 1808–14
- 21 The 1809 Campaign against Austria
- 22 The Russian Campaign of 1812
- 23 The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe
- 24 The Campagne de France of 1814
- 25 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
17 - Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns, 1796–1800
from Part IV - Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 December 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Key to maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
- Part II The State of the Armed Forces
- Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
- Part IV Napoleon’s Military Campaigns in Europe
- 17 Napoleon’s Italian Campaigns, 1796–1800
- 18 The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
- 19 The Campaigns of 1806–7 in Prussia and Poland
- 20 The Peninsular War, 1808–14
- 21 The 1809 Campaign against Austria
- 22 The Russian Campaign of 1812
- 23 The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe
- 24 The Campagne de France of 1814
- 25 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815
- Part V Other Spheres of War
- Bibliographical Essays
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines Napoleon’s 1796-1797 Italian Campaign, which covers a crucial period in the French Revolutionary Wars. During this campaign the young, largely unknown Corsican, in his first command, led the French Army to triumph over the superior forces of the Austrian and Sardinian Armies. In just ten months, the French marched to one victory after another until their Austrian enemy was pushed back to Vienna and the war was triumphantly concluded with a peace treaty that consolidated France’s dominant position in Western Europe.
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- The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars , pp. 327 - 354Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023