Battle of Méribel

Battle of Méribel Part of the War of the First Coalition Date 13 September 1793 Location Méribel, Haute-Savoie, France (then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia) Result French victory Belligerents French First Republic  Kingdom of Sardinia

War of the First Coalition Porrentruy Marquain Verdun Thionville Valmy Lille Mainz Jemappes 1st Limburg Anderlecht Namur Maastricht 1st Aldenhoven Neerwinden Condé 2nd Mainz Raismes Famars Bellegarde San Pietro and Sant'Antioco 1st Saorgio 1st Arlon Valenciennes Perpignan Caesar's Camp Lincelles Landau Dunkirk Le Quesnoy Hondshoote Avesnes-le-Sec Menin Méribel Pirmasens Epierre Peyrestortes Toulon Truillas Maubeuge 1st Wissembourg Fort-Louis Wattignies Haguenau 1st Kaiserslautern 1st Collioure Froeschwiller 2nd Wissembourg Fort-Dauphin Martinique Saint-Florent Le Cateau Bastia Guadeloupe 2nd Arlon 1st Landrecies Villers-en-Cauchies 2nd Saorgio Beaumont Mouscron Boulou 2nd Collioure Courtrai Grandreng Tourcoing 3rd Arlon Tournay 2nd Kaiserslautern Erquelinnes Ushant Gosselies Aldudes Ypres Lambusart Fleurus Calvi Vosges Baztan San-Lorenzo Sprimont 3rd Kaiserslautern 1st Dego 2nd Aldenhoven Orbaizeta Luxembourg Black Mountain Roses Helder Gulf of Roses Fréjus Genoa Groix Quiberon Hyères Ceylon Handschuhsheim Höchst 3rd Mainz Pfeddersheim Mannheim Loano Voltri Montenotte Millesimo 2nd Dego Ceva Mondovì Cherasco Fombio Lodi Borghetto Altenkirchen Wetzlar 1st Kehl Mantua Ettlingen Lonato Castiglione Peschiera Neresheim Friedberg, Hessen Amberg Friedberg, Bavaria Newfoundland Würzburg Rovereto 1st Bassano 2nd Limburg 2nd Kehl Biberach Emmendingen Schliengen Hüningen 3rd Kehl 2nd Bassano Calliano Caldiero Arcole Expédition d'Irlande Rivoli Faenza Fishguard Valvasone Tyrol Tarvis Neuwied Diersheim Veronese Easter Camperdown War in the Vendée War of the Pyrenees Flanders Campaign Italian Campaign Rhine Campaign of 1796 Anglo-Spanish War

The Battle of Méribel took place at Méribel (now in Haute-Savoie, France) on 13 September 1793, when the forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia were defeated by the French Army.

In 1792, Revolutionary French forces had marched into Savoy to "bring freedom" to its people as part of the French Revolution. A decree annexing it to France was signed on 27 November of the same year, and it became the 85th département of France, renamed as the Mont Blanc département.

Following the execution of King Louis XVI, the French Revolution became widely despised and feared elsewhere in Europe. In 1793, the French Republic raised an army of 300,000 men, while only few Savoyards signed up for service. A much larger force of Savoyards, conducted by the Royalist camp attacked the French Army, and reconquered the Alpine valleys and Annecy. However, they were not enough to remove the French presence from Savoy and the territory was retaken.

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Coordinates: 49°14′01″N 0°44′35″W / 49.233661°N 0.742953°W / 49.233661; -0.742953