La Bataille de Deutsch Wagram 1809

The French Army of Italy: A Remembrance 1792 to 1814

The Army of Italy’s greatest victory in the War of the Fifth Coalition: The Battle of Raab

The French Army of Italy was probably, other than La Grande Armee itself, the most famous of the French armies which roamed the earth at the end of the 18 th and the beginning of 19 th Centuries spreading, depending on your point of view, enlightenment; revolution and terror. The French Revolution had attracted the early and hostile resistance of the collective crowned heads of Europe. Starting in 1792, the French nation was forced to fight wars of survival on every inch of its long borders with its neighbors, as well as deadly duels with its own peoples. The French would set-up stand-alone armies in every one of these areas. Thus, there might be The Army of the Eastern Pyrenees or The Army of the Alps to address the defense of a frontier, or The Army of the Interior , to address a political problem in a local area (the Wars in the Vendee). These armies could only be around for a few months; but in many cases took on a long life. The Army of Italy was one of these longer lived field armies; but it started off with a sketchy history.

This army was formed on September 29, 1792 when a corps from the Armee du Midi , under the command of General Jacques d’Anselme, located near the Var River close to

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