poetry and prose

Histories

222 poems, 384 memoirs, diaries and letters, 137 histories and 81 novels that name 132 of the battles.

Public-domain texts from Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive and Wikisource, chosen for each battle page; every title opens the poem, or the passages about the battle, with a link to the whole text at its library. Grouped by battle, earliest first.

draft The works were matched to the battles automatically and have not been through review yet.

20 September 1792 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Valmy

6 November 1792 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Jemappes

26 June 1794 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Fleurus (1794)

5 August 1796 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Castiglione

15–17 November 1796 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Arcole

14–15 January 1797 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Rivoli

21 July 1798 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of the Pyramids

14 June 1800 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Marengo

3 December 1800 · French Revolutionary Wars

Battle of Hohenlinden

2 December 1805 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Austerlitz

14 October 1806 · Napoleonic Wars

Battles of Jena and Auerstedt

7–8 February 1807 (26–27 January Old Style) · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Eylau

14 June 1807 (2 June Old Style) · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Friedland

16 January 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Corunna

21–22 May 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Aspern-Essling

5–6 July 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Wagram

27–28 July 1809 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Talavera

27 September 1810 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Bussaco

3–5 May 1811 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro

16 May 1811 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Albuera

22 July 1812 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Salamanca

7 September 1812 (26 August Old Style) · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Borodino

20–21 May 1813 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Bautzen

21 June 1813 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Vitoria

26–27 August 1813 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Dresden

16–19 October 1813 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Leipzig

25 July 1814 · War of 1812

Battle of Lundy's Lane

8 January 1815 · War of 1812

Battle of New Orleans

16 June 1815 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Ligny

16 June 1815 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Quatre Bras

18 June 1815 · Napoleonic Wars

Battle of Waterloo

15–24 August 1914 · World War I

Battle of Cer

23 August 1914 · World War I

Battle of Mons

26 August 1914 · World War I

Battle of Le Cateau (1914)

26–30 August 1914 · World War I

Battle of Tannenberg (1914)

5–12 September 1914 · World War I

First Battle of the Marne

7–14 September 1914 · World War I

First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

11 November – 6 December 1914 · World War I

Battle of Łódź (1914)

10–13 March 1915 · World War I

Battle of Neuve Chapelle

22 April – 25 May 1915 · World War I

Second Battle of Ypres

25–26 April 1915 · World War I

Landing at Cape Helles (Gallipoli)

2–12 May 1915 · World War I

Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive

6–15 August 1915 · World War I

Landing at Suvla Bay

25 September – 16 October 1915 · World War I

Battle of Loos

22–25 November 1915 · World War I

Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)

4 June – 20 September 1916 · World War I

Brusilov Offensive

1 July – 18 November 1916 · World War I

Battle of the Somme

9 April – 16 May 1917 · World War I

Battle of Arras (1917)

16 April – 9 May 1917 · World War I

Second Battle of the Aisne

7–14 June 1917 · World War I

Battle of Messines (1917)

31 July – 10 November 1917 · World War I

Battle of Passchendaele

24 October – 19 November 1917 · World War I

Battle of Caporetto

31 October – 7 November 1917 · World War I

Third Battle of Gaza

20 November – 7 December 1917 · World War I

Battle of Cambrai (1917)

9–29 April 1918 · World War I

Battle of the Lys (1918)

27 May – 6 June 1918 · World War I

Third Battle of the Aisne

28–31 May 1918 · World War I

Battle of Cantigny

1–26 June 1918 · World War I

Battle of Belleau Wood

15–23 June 1918 · World War I

Second Battle of the Piave River

19–25 September 1918 · World War I

Battle of Megiddo (1918)