Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

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 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.

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  Great arches
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  Small arches
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  Attic
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  Low reliefs

Great arches

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  Northern pillar.
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  Eastern pillar.
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  Southern pillar.
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  Western pillar.

List of battles engraved under the great arches of the monument.

The names of the 96 battles inscribed under the great arches

Small arches

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  Northern pillar.
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  Eastern pillar.
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  Southern pillar.
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  Western pillar.

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).

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  Northern pillar (left column).
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  Northern pillar (left and right columns).

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the northern pillar

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  Eastern pillar (left column).
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  Eastern pillar (right column).

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the eastern pillar

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  Southern pillar (left and right columns).
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  Southern pillar (right column).

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the southern pillar

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  Western pillar (left column).
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  Western pillar (left and right columns).

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the western pillar

Attic

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  Southern façade of the attic (Avenue des Champs-Élysées): Battle of Valmy – Battle of Alkmaer.
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  Western façade of the attic (Avenue de Wagram): Battle of Zurich – Battle of Hohenlinden.
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  Northern façade of the attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée): Battle of Ulm – Battle of Dresden.
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  Eastern façade of the attic (Avenue Kléber): Battle of Hanau – Battle of Ligny.

List of battles engraved on the attic of the monument.

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  Attic shield (Avenue de la Grande Armée).
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  Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée).
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  Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée).
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  Attic (Avenue de la Grande Armée).

The names of the 30 battles inscribed on the shields of the attic

Low reliefs

Inner low reliefs

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  Inner low relief (northern pillar): Attributes of the Victories of the North.
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  Inner low relief (eastern pillar): Attributes of the Victories of the East.
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  Inner low relief (southern pillar): Attributes of the Victories of the South.
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  Inner low relief (western pillar): Attributes of the Victories of the West.

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

Outer low reliefs

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  Left outer low relief (Avenue des Champs-Élysées): The Battle of Abukir.
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  Outer low relief (Avenue de Wagram): The Battle of Austerlitz.
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  Left outer low relief (Avenue de la Grande Armée): The Capture of Alexandria.
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  Right outer low relief (Avenue de la Grande Armée): The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge.
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  Outer low relief (Avenue Kléber): The Battle of Jemappes.

Outer low reliefs, representing The Capture of Alexandria (left) and The Crossing of the Arcole Bridge (right), on the northern façade of the monument (avenue de la Grande Armée).

The names of the 5 battles represented in low relief on the outer façades

See also

• France portal

• Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

References

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 Marceau.

Further reading

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