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Between 1793 and 1815, under the rule of King George III, the Kingdom of Great Britain (later the United Kingdom) was the most constant of France's enemies. Through its command of the sea , financial subsidies to allies on the European mainland, and active military intervention in the Peninsular War , Britain played a significant ...
- Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts...
- Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.
e. The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was a small, awkwardly administered force of barely 40,000 men. [1] By the end of the period, the numbers had vastly increased. At its peak, in 1813, the regular army contained over 250,000 men. [2]
This is a list of conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles).
ConflictBritain & AlliesBritain's OppositionOutcomeThe Great Northern War (1700–1721)Swedish Empire Ottoman Empire United ...Tsardom of Russia Kalmyk Khanate Cossack ...Inconclusive for Great Britain Britain ...The War of the Spanish Succession ...Austria Dutch Republic Savoy Great ...France Spain BavariaBritish victory Treaty of Utrecht: Philip ...Civil war: Post-Spanish Succession ...Anglo-American-Caribbean privateers ...Civil war; royal victory Details Piracy ...Civil war: (1715–1716) Jacobite rising of ...Great Britain – HanoveriansGreat Britain – JacobitesCivil war, Hanoverian victory Jacobite ...Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom at the start of the War of the Third Coalition, although never carried out, was a major influence on British naval strategy and the fortification of the coast of southeast England.
- Planned from 1803 to 1805
- English Channel
The Napoleonic Wars were massive in their geographic scope, ranging, as far as Britain was concerned, over all of the five continents. They were massive, too, in terms of expense. From 1793 to the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 the wars cost Britain more than £1,650,000,000.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, had abdicated following the 1814 capture of Paris on 31 March while the 1st Division was besieging Bayonne. On 14 April, the French sortied and the division fought in the final battle of the War of the Sixth Coalition, suffering just over 700 casualties.
