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Welcome to the Napoleonic era task force, which covers the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the events of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, corresponding to the period from c. 1792 to c. 1815. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Napoleonic-task-force=yes oder Napoleonic=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Napoleonic era task force articles.

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Participants

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1. AdonisWW2 (talk · contribs) (Kingdom of Naples and its army, Neapolitan War of 1815, Invasion(s) of Naples)
2. Auntieruth55 (talk · contribs) French Revolutionary Wars (particularly in southwestern Germany). War and Society. Austrian and French generals.
3. Berrgziege (talk · contribs) (Basically everything, focus on Central and Western Europe (especially German nations such as Westphalia and Nassau) as well as the Egyptian Campaign and all other campaigns to a less notable extent.
4. Bwcajp (talk · contribs) (Focusing on French Revolutionary Wars up to 1801 and commander biographies)
5. Chuntuk (talk · contribs)
6. Cunobeline (talk · contribs) Royal Regiment of Artillery related.
7. Djmaschek (talk · contribs) (Austrian, Spanish & French generals & battles, Peninsular, 1796, War of the Pyrenees.)
8. fdewaele (talk · contribs)
9. GELongstreet (talk · contribs) (OoBs, biographies, minor fixes & additions)
10. Kozam (talk · contribs) Imperial Guard Cavalry, French and Allied generals of the Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular War. I'm essentially present on French Wikipedia but I contribute here for the pleasure sometimes.
11. NatriumGedrogt (talk · contribs) (Biographies of major French military figures excluding Napoleon himself)
12. pbl1998 (talk · contribs) (I focus on the Napoleonic Wars (Peninsular Wars and Naval Warfare in Napoleonic Times mainly). If you have any queries please leave a message on my talk page)
13. Robertus Pius (talk · contribs) (I love French Napoleonic history mostly about Napoleon himself and 1st and 2nd coalition)
14. Sadads (talk · contribs) (am beginning to do some major work on nautical history during this period, if anyone needs any help, contact me on my talk)
15. SoLando (talk · contribs)
16. Tirronan (talk · contribs) (Prussian Armies 1806–1815, Campaigns of 1812–1815 Eastern Europe)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a significant number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Action of 1 August 1801 Action of 1 January 1800 Action of 13 January 1797 John Adair Battle of Albuera Army of Sambre and Meuse Battle of Barrosa Battle of Tory Island HMS Beaulieu HMS Bellerophon (1786) Isaac Brock USS Chesapeake (1799) USS Congress (1799) USS Constitution John J. Crittenden Joseph Desha The Disasters of War Battle of Dürenstein HMS Emerald (1795) Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover War of the Fifth Coalition Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg Battle of the Gebora George III Glorious First of June Battle of Grand Port Peter Heywood Andrew Jackson Johann von Klenau Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Battle of Lissa (1811) Gregor MacGregor Murray Maxwell May Revolution Melville Island (Nova Scotia) Nelson's Pillar Battle of the Nile USS President (1800) Battle of Pulo Aura Rhine campaign of 1796 Charles Richardson (Royal Navy officer) HMS Roebuck (1774) Battle of Schliengen Isaac Shelby HMS Speedy (1782) Tarrare Tecumseh HMS Temeraire (1798) The Third of May 1808 USS Constellation vs L'Insurgente Battle of Winterthur Featured lists Timeline of the Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 Army of the Danube order of battle Order of battle in the Atlantic campaign of 1806 Order of battle at the Battle of Camperdown Order of battle at the Battle of the Nile Order of battle at the Glorious First of June Order of battle at the Battle of San Domingo Order of battle at the Battle of Tory Island A-Class articles Army of the Danube Army of the Rhine and Moselle Battle of Emmendingen Siege of Hüningen (1796–1797) Battle of Kehl (1796) Second Battle of Kehl (1796) Siege of Kehl (1796–1797) Battle of Marengo Battle of Ostrach Rhine campaign of 1795 Johann Heinrich von Schmitt Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Good articles 1st Swiss Regiment (France) 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot Action of 4 August 1800 Action of 18 October 1806 Action of 25 September 1806 Action of 3 February 1812 Action of 3 July 1810 Action of 5 May 1794 Action of 6 April 1809 Action of 6 November 1794 Action of 7 May 1794 Action of 9 February 1799 (South Africa) Action of 9 July 1806 Action of 9 September 1796 Action of 10 February 1809 Action of 10 November 1808 Action of 13 March 1806 Action of 13 September 1810 Action of 15 July 1798 Action of 15 November 1810 Action of 16 October 1799 Action of 18 August 1798 Action of 18 June 1793 Action of 18 November 1809 Action of 18 September 1810 Action of 19 February 1801 Action of 20 October 1793 Action of 22 January 1809 Action of 22 October 1793 Action of 24 June 1795 Action of 24 March 1811 Action of 24 October 1798 Action of 26 July 1806 Action of 27 June 1798 Action of 28 February 1799 Frigate action of 29 May 1794 Action of 29 November 1811 Action of 30 June 1798 Action of 30 May 1798 Action of 31 July 1793 Action of 31 March 1800 Action of 31 May 1809 HMS Adamant (1780) Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 HMS Agamemnon (1781) Convention of Alessandria Alexander Wilson (Royal Navy officer) Algeciras campaign First Battle of Algeciras Second Battle of Algeciras Allemand's expedition of 1805 HMS Alpheus HMS Amazon (1799) Battle of Ampfing (1800) Andrew Pilkington Army of the Danube Army of the Rhine and Moselle HMS Artois (1794) HMS Assurance (1780) Atlantic campaign of 1806 Atlantic campaign of May 1794 Bali Strait Incident Battle of the Basque Roads Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière Raid on Batavia (1806) Battle of Nicopolis (1798) Battle of Tamatave Belgium in the long nineteenth century HMS Blanche (1800) Bonaparte Crossing the Alps Battle of Borodino François Antoine Louis Bourcier Brabant Revolution British Army Black Brunswickers John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute Battle of Camperdown HMS Canopus (1798) Capture of USS Chesapeake Troude's expedition to the Caribbean HMS Caroline (1795) Cavalry Staff Corps Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty Childers Incident Hugh Cloberry Christian Christopher Chowne Sir George Collier, 1st Baronet HMS Concorde (1783) John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier Roger Curtis Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine Jan Henryk Dąbrowski Nathaniel Dance Luis Daoíz y Torres Dauphin's Cavalry Regiment William Gabriel Davy Jean-Marie Defrance Hugh Downman Raid on Dunkirk (1800) Battle of Emmendingen HMS Endymion (1779) Principality of Erfurt Siege of Erivan (1804) Jean Augustin Ernouf Battle of Ettlingen HMS Euphrates (1813) William Eustis French expedition to Ireland (1796) HMS Experiment (1784) George Eyre Pierre Marie Barthélemy Ferino First Massacre of Machecoul John Floyd (Virginia politician) Fort Tigné Battle of Frenchman's Creek Honoré Théodore Maxime Gazan de la Peyrière Raid on Genoa Gerard Gosselin James Graham (British Army soldier) Alexander Grant (British Army officer) Benjamin Franklin Graves (soldier) Raid on Griessie William Grinfield HMS Actaeon (1778) Hanover Expedition Henry Hart (Royal Navy officer) Eliab Harvey Étienne Hastrel de Rivedoux Jean-Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul HMS Hebrus Henry de Hinuber HMS Hermione (1782) Battle of Höchstädt (1800) Andreas Joseph Hofmann Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg Hompesch Hussars William Johnstone Hope William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe Siege of Hüningen (1796–1797) HMS Hussar (1799) Invasion of Île Bonaparte Battle of Île Ronde Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf Henry Inman (Royal Navy officer) Invasion of Isle de France Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) Samuel Jackson (Royal Navy officer) HMS Jason (1800) Java campaign of 1806–1807 Richard Mentor Johnson Joseph Ellison Battle of Kehl (1796) Second Battle of Kehl (1796) Siege of Kehl (1796–1797) Louis Klein L'Hermite's expedition Lamellerie's expedition HMS Latona (1781) Le souper de Beaucaire The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean HMS Lizard (1757) Louis XVIII HMS Lowestoffe (1761) Charles Lydiard Macau Incident (1799) John MacBride (Royal Navy officer) James Macnamara Battle of Mahé Maidstone-class frigate Battle of the Malta Convoy Siege of Malta (1798–1800) Raid on Manila HMS Manilla (1809) John Marshall (Royal Navy officer, born 1785) Martin's cruise of 1794 Invasion of Martinique (1809) George Mathews (soldier) Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 Mediterranean campaign of 1798 Maximilian, Count of Merveldt Klemens von Metternich James Nicoll Morris Moustache (dog) George Murray (Royal Navy officer, born 1759) Battle of Mykonos Battle of Nalapani Napoleonic looting of art Narcissus-class frigate Friedrich Joseph, Count of Nauendorf Battle of Neerwinden (1793) Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson HMS Neptune (1797) Battle of Neuburg (1800) Edward Nicolls Norcliffe Norcliffe Michel Ordener Battle of Orthez Battle of Ostrach Benjamin William Page HMS Pallas (1816) Lord Henry Paulet Filippo Paulucci Perseverance-class frigate Persian Gulf campaign of 1809 Battle of Pirano Polish Legions (Napoleonic era) Siege of Porto Ferrajo Manley Power Peter Rainier (Royal Navy officer, born 1784) Battle of the Raz de Sein Francis Slater Rebow HMS Resistance (1782) HMS Resistance (1801) Rhine campaign of 1795 Bennet C. Riley Edward Riou John Walter Roberts HMS Romney (1762) Roquebert's expedition to the Caribbean Gunther E. Rothenberg Edward Rotheram Régiment Royal-Louis Cornelio Saavedra Battle of Les Sables-d'Olonne Raid on Saint-Paul John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Siege of the Salamanca forts HMS Saldanha (1809) Capitulation of Saldanha Bay Battle of San Domingo Pavel Schilling Johann Heinrich von Schmitt Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier Lord Hugh Seymour Siege of Mantua (1799) Henry Smith (Royal Navy officer) Stafford Lightburne HMS Stag (1812) HMS Sultan (1775) Sunda Strait campaign of January 1794 Robert Surcouf USRC Surveyor Zachary Taylor Battle of Tellicherry Thames-class frigate Tilbury Fort Tirailleurs du Po HMS Triton (1796) USS Enterprise vs Flambeau Upnor Castle Battle of Valmy Battle of Vauchamps French ship Vengeur du Peuple Battle of Vizagapatam Josef Philipp Vukassovich James Walker (Royal Navy officer) Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet Frédéric Henri Walther Warren Peacocke Battle of Waterloo Tobias Watkins Military career of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Wellington Monument, Somerset William Dyott Philip Wodehouse (Royal Navy officer) Wolfe-class ship of the line Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford York Light Infantry Volunteers

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Full list

Cleanup needed

List of wars 1800–99

Requested articles

Third Western Army • Friedland order of battle • Leipzig order of battle • Jean-Louis Ferrand • Jacques Ferrand (general)

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Louis Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire • Battle of Ratisbon • Battle of Wertingen • Battle of Montebello (1800) • Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner • Siege of Danzig (1813) • Siege of Danzig (1807) • Battle of Foz de Arouce • Siege of Riga (1812) • Pierre Baste • Siege of Graudenz • more...

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Maltese Light Infantry • Purchase of commissions in the British Army • Russian Army order of battle (1812)

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Battle of Borodino • Invasion of Trinidad (1797) • Purchase of commissions in the British Army • Battle of Pułtusk • HMS Barbara (1806)   Battle of Mileto   Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este

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fr:Chouannerie • it:Pasque Veronesi

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Did you know

• 26 Jul 2024 – William Hewett (British Army officer) (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Dumelow (t · c); see discussion

Good article nominees

• 20 Jul 2024 – Duncan MacDougall (British Army officer) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (t · c); start discussion

Good topic candidates

• 31 Jul 2024 – Amazon-class frigate (1795) (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Ykraps (t · c); see discussion
  The topic includes: HMS Emerald (1795)

Requested moves

• 24 Jul 2024 - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 (talk · edit · hist) move request to Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809) by Gvssy (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 03 Aug 2024 – Order of battle in the Invasion of France (1795) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Invasion of France (1795) by Voorts (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Feb 2024 – Credit Island (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Battle of Rock Island Rapids by Creuzbourg (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Nov 2023 – 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1757–1803) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 99th Infantry Regiment (France, 1855–1997) by Cukrakalnis (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 11 Jun 2021 – Fédon's rebellion (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Buidhe (t · c); see discussion

Ressourcen

• Napoleonic Collection At www.militaryheritage.com
• Napoleonic Alliance
• Napoleonic Literature
• Napoleon-Series.org
• The International Napoleonic Society
• Napoleon, His Army and Enemies. (Armies, Campaigns, Battles, Tactics, Commanders)
• Bloom, Phillip. "The Emperor's Youth". napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 28 February 2005.
• "Bonaparte (Napoléon Ier)". Insecula: L'encyclopedie des artes et de l'architecture. Retrieved 25 September 2003.
• "Napoleon". Napoleon Series. Retrieved 10 February 2004. (Now a dead link; comparable material is at [1].)
• "Napoleon I of France". France.com. Retrieved 20 February 2005.
• Full texts of:
  • The constitution of the Consulate (in French)
  • The Imperial Constitution (in French)
• Memoirs of Napoleon at Project Gutenberg
• The Life of Napoleon I at Project Gutenberg
• History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814, by François Mignet (1824), as made available by Project Gutenberg (out-of-copyright)
• Online bibliography of the The Naval Chronicle "Containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects ([1799-1818])"
• Georges Six, Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792-1814, full text online: Tome I (A–J) Tome II (K–Z) (in French)
• If you know of other useful resources, please feel free to add them here.

Books

• Elting, John. Swords Around a Throne
• Hartlet, Janet M., Keenan, Paul, Lieven, Dominic. War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850: Russia and the Napoleonic Wars.