French Imperial Army (1804–1815)

French Imperial Army
Emblem of Napoleon Bonaparte
Active1804–1814
1815
Country France
Allegiance Napoleon I
TypeLand forces
SizeTotal of 2,175,335 conscripted between 1805–1813
Part of(see organisation)
Army HeadquartersMinistry of War Building, Paris, Île-de-France
Motto(s)Valeur et Discipline
ColorsLe Tricolore
MarchLa Victoire est à nous (from the ballet-opera La caravane du Caire)
EngagementsHaitian Revolution
War of the Third Coalition
War of the Fourth Coalition
Peninsular War
War of the Fifth Coalition
Russian campaign
War of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Seventh Coalition
Commanders
Supreme CommanderNapoleon I
Notable
commanders		Pierre Augereau
Guillaume Brune
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Louis-Alexandre Berthier
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Emmanuel de Grouchy
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
François Christophe de Kellermann
François Joseph Lefebvre
Jean Lannes
Jacques MacDonald
Auguste de Marmont
André Masséna
Édouard Mortier
Joachim Murat
Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey
Michel Ney
Nicolas Oudinot
Józef Antoni Poniatowski
Claude-Victor Perrin
Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
Louis-Gabriel Suchet

The French Imperial Army (French: Armée Impériale) was the land force branch of the French imperial military during the Napoleonic era.

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