Featured battlefields

Explore all the Battlefields featured in the core game and in the Battlefields Packs.

  • Battle of Aspern – Essling

    In 1809, after capturing Vienna during the War of the Fifth Coalition, Napoleon sought to cross the Danube and force the Austrian army into a decisive engagement. Using pontoon bridges from Lobau island, the French established a bridgehead near the villages of Aspern and Essling.

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  • Russian Infantry

    Battle of Austerlitz

    In late 1805, during the War of the Third Coalition, Napoleon’s Grande Armée executed a rapid advance into Central Europe, capturing Vienna and threatening the Allied forces of Russia and Austria. The Allies, seeking to engage Napoleon decisively, assembled their armies near the town of Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire (now Slavkov u Brna in…

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  • Prussian Landwehr

    Battle of Hagelberg

    Battle of Hagelberg August 27th, 1813 In August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition, Napoleon’s forces aimed to capture Berlin. After their defeat at Großbeeren, a French-led force of 8,900 men under General Girard was sent from Magdeburg to support the advance. They camped near Hagelberg, unaware that Prussian General Hirschfeld had gathered…

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  • Battle of La Coruña

    Battle of La Coruña January 16th, 1809 In late 1808, during the Peninsular War, British forces under Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore advanced into Spain to support Spanish allies against Napoleon’s invasion. However, facing superior French forces led by Marshal Soult and the approaching main French army, Moore initiated a strategic retreat toward the northwestern port…

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  • Battle of Quatre Bras

    In June 1815, at the start of the Waterloo Campaign, Napoleon sought to prevent Wellington’s Anglo-allied army and Blücher’s Prussian army from joining forces. The crossroads at Quatre Bras, where important roads from Brussels, Charleroi, Namur and Nivelles intersected, became a strategic point.

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  • Austrian Infantry

    Battle of Rivoli

    Battle of Rivoli January 14th, 1797 In early 1797, during the War of the First Coalition, Austrian forces under Field Marshal József Alvinczi sought to relieve the besieged city of Mantua by launching an offensive against Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army in Northern Italy. Alvinczi aimed to break the French siege and reclaim lost territories, concentrating…

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  • Battle of Saalfeld

    In October 1806, during the War of the Fourth Coalition, Prussian forces under Prince Louis Ferdinand advanced into Thuringia to confront Napoleon’s troops. The Prussian-Saxon contingent, numbering around 8,300 men, aimed to halt the French advance and protect the region.

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