Marked by French revolutionary fervour and military innovations, the series of campaigns characteristically saw France facing a series of opposing coalitions yet expanding its area of effective control.
Major phases/campaigns in the French Revolutionary Wars include:
- The War of the First Coalition 1792 - 1797
- Campaigns of 1792
- Campaigns of 1793
- Campaigns of 1794-1795
- War in Italy 1793 - 1795
- Treaty of Basel 1795
- Napoleon's Italian Campaign 1796-1797
- Campaigns in Germany 1796-1797
- Treaty of Campo Formio 1797
- The War of the Second Coalition 1798 - 1800
- The Egyptian Expedition 1798 - 1800
- Campaigns of 1799
- Campaigns of 1800
- Treaty of Lunéville 1801
- War at Sea 1793-1802
- Treaty of Amiens 1802