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Napoleonic Wars

1792–1815

Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815). You start as Private and could rise all the way to Marshal, if you survive. This era covers 37 historical battles.

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Historical battles

YearBattleEst. casualties
1792Cannonade of ValmyThe French hold firm under Prussian guns at Valmy. The Prussians withdraw, and the Revolution survives.≈3%
1792Battle of JemappesThe French march into the Austrian Netherlands.≈8%
1793Siege of ToulonAn artillery captain named Napoleon Bonaparte takes the forts, and the British fleet sails away.≈6%
1793War in the VendéePeasants in the west rise against the Republic. Both sides show no mercy.≈8%
1794Battle of FleurusFor the first time, the French send up an observation balloon over a battlefield.≈7%
1796Battle of ArcoleGeneral Bonaparte charges onto the bridge with the flag in his hand.≈10%
1797Battle of RivoliThe Army of Italy smashes the Austrians.≈18%
1798Battle of the PyramidsOn the Egyptian expedition, French squares break the Mamluk cavalry.≈2%
1798Battle of the NileNelson destroys the French fleet in Aboukir Bay.≈30%
1799Siege of AcreThe siege fails, and plague breaks out in the army.≈15%
1799Battle of the TrebbiaSuvorov's Russo-Austrian army defeats the French in Italy.≈15%
1799Anglo-Russian invasion of HollandBritish and Russian troops land in Holland and get nowhere in the mud.≈8%
1799Battle of ZurichMasséna drives back the Russians and Austrians.≈15%
1800Battle of MarengoNearly lost by afternoon, until Desaix's reinforcements arrive and turn the day.≈15%
1800Battle of HohenlindenMoreau crushes the Austrians in a snow-covered forest.≈20%
1801Battle of AlexandriaThe British land in Egypt, and the French left behind surrender.≈12%
1805Ulm campaignSurrounded, General Mack surrenders with thirty thousand Austrians.≈12%
1805Battle of TrafalgarNelson is killed, and the combined French and Spanish fleet is destroyed.≈25%
1805Battle of AusterlitzThe Battle of the Three Emperors. The sun rises over the Pratzen Heights and the allied army collapses.≈25%
1806Jena–AuerstedtIn a single day, the army Frederick the Great left behind falls apart.≈25%
1807Battle of EylauA bloody fight in a blizzard. Terrible losses on both sides, and no winner.≈22%
1807Battle of FriedlandThe Russians fight with a river at their backs and are driven into it.≈25%
1807Bombardment of CopenhagenThe British fleet shells Copenhagen and seizes the Danish navy.≈2%
1808Capitulation of BailénA French army in southern Spain is forced to surrender. The prisoners are left on a barren island.≈15%
1809Battle of Aspern-EsslingNapoleon's first defeat in a major battle under his own command. Marshal Lannes is mortally wounded.≈20%
1809Battle of WagramA thousand guns fire for two days, and Austria asks for peace.≈18%
1809Battle of TalaveraWellington drives off the French in Spain.≈12%
1810Battle of BussacoWellington holds the ridge and beats back Masséna.≈10%
1811Battle of AlbueraBritish and French trade volleys at close range in the rain. One regiment is cut down to a few dozen men.≈30%
1812Battle of SalamancaWellington routs forty thousand French in forty minutes.≈20%
1812Battle of BorodinoThe bloodiest day on the road to Moscow. Seventy thousand men fall in a single day.≈30%
1812Retreat from MoscowWinter has come. The Grande Armée retreats through the snow, and men crowd the bridges over the Berezina.≈55%
1813Battle of BautzenNewly drafted boy soldiers hold off the allied armies.≈10%
1813Battle of VitoriaThe French are driven out of Spain.≈10%
1813Battle of LeipzigThe Battle of the Nations, half a million men. As the French retreat, the bridge is blown too early.≈25%
1814Campaign in FranceThe allies invade France. Paris falls, and Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.≈12%
1815Battle of WaterlooNapoleon's last battle. Toward evening, the Imperial Guard falls back.≈35%

Casualty rates are the game's estimates from historical sources, used to work out the chance of dying. Treat them as approximate.

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