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Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

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The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,[1][2] which were fought by the French First Republic and the First French Empire between 1792 and 1815:

  • The names of 96 battles are engraved on the inner façades of the monument, under the great arches (24 on each of the four pillars).
  • The names of 32 battles are engraved on the inner façades of the monument, under the small arches (8 on each of the four pillars).
  • The names of 30 battles are engraved on the attic (11 on each of the long façades and 4 on each of the short ones).

Additionally, some of these battles are represented in low relief on the inner and outer façades of the monument:

  • On the inner façades of the monument, under the small arches, four low reliefs list the names of 16 battles (6 on the low relief on the northern pillar, 4 on the low reliefs on the eastern and southern pillars, 2 on the low relief on the western pillar).
  • On the outer façades of the monument, 5 of these battles are represented in low relief (2 on the northern façade facing the Avenue de la Grande Armée, 1 on each of the other façades).

Related list: Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.

Great arches

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List of battles engraved under the great arches of the monument (24 on each of the four pillars).


The names of the 96 battles inscribed under the great arches

Small arches

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The battles of Diersheim, Düsseldorf, Grand Port and Maloyaroslavets engraved under one of the small arches of the monument (inner façade of the northern pillar, left column).


The names of the 32 battles inscribed under the small arches
Northern pillar Eastern pillar Southern pillar Western pillar
Left column Left column Left column Left column
DIERSHEIM JAFFA ADIGE ROSES
DUSSELDORF PESCHIERA MONTAGNE NOIRE ASTORGA
GRAND PORT CAIRE POZZOLO GIRONE
M.JAROSLAWIETZ CAPRÉE LA PIAVE OLIVENZA
Right column Right column Right column Right column
YPRES GRATZ NAPLES TOULOUSE
LUXEMBOURG C. DE SPRIMONT PLAISANCE M. DEL RIOSECO
BRESLAW GEISBERG MADRID OPORTO
BERG-OP-ZOOM CHAMPAUBERT MEQUINENZA FUENTE D'OŨORO

Attic

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List of battles engraved in chronological order on the attic of the monument (11 on each of the long façades and 4 on each of the short ones).


The names of the 30 battles inscribed on the shields of the attic
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
VALMY ・ JEMMAPES ・ FLEURUS ・ MONTENOTTE ・ LODI ・ CASTIGLIONE ・ ARCOLE ・ RIVOLI ・ LES PYRAMIDES ・ ABOUKIR ・ ALKMAER
Avenue de Wagram
ZURICH ・ HELIOPOLIS ・ MARENGO ・ HOHENLINDEN
Avenue de la Grande Armée
ULM ・ AUSTERLITZ ・ IENA ・ FRIEDLAND ・ SOMO SIERRA ・ ESLING ・ WAGRAM ・ MOSKOWA ・ LUTZEN ・ BAUTZEN ・ DRESDE
Avenue Kléber
HANAU ・ MONTMIRAIL ・ MONTEREAU ・ LIGNY

Low reliefs

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Inner low reliefs

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Tablet bearing the names of the battles of Alexandria, the Pyramids, Abukir and Heliopolis, carved in the low relief representing the Attributes of the Victories of the East (inner façade of the eastern pillar).


The names of the 16 battles inscribed on the tablets of the inner low reliefs
Northern pillar Eastern pillar Southern pillar Western pillar
AUSTERLITZ ALEXANDRIE MARENGO JEMMAPES
IENA PYRAMIDES RIVOLI FLEURUS
FRIEDLAND ABOUKIR ARCOLE
ULM HELIOPOLIS LODI
WAGRAM
EYLAU

Outer low reliefs

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Outer low reliefs, representing the Battle of Abukir (left) and the funeral of General Marceau (right), on the southern façade of the Arc de Triomphe (Avenue des Champs-Élysées).


The names of the 5 battles represented in low relief on the outer façades
Left low relief Avenue des Champs-Élysées Right low relief
ABOUKIR MARCEAU[3]
Avenue de Wagram
AUSTERLITZ
Left low relief Avenue de la Grande Armée Right low relief
ALEXANDRIE ARCOLE
Avenue Kléber
JEMMAPES

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Battles on the Arc de Triomphe.
  2. ^ Inscriptions on the Arc de Triomphe.
  3. ^ The low relief on the right (facing the Avenue des Champs-Élysées) does not represent a battle, but the funeral of General François Séverin Marceau in Altenkirchen on 21 September 1796.

Further reading

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  • Jensen, Nathan D. (2012). "FrenchEmpire.net: 1789–1815 military history". Arcdetriomphe.info. Retrieved 3 August 2021.