Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 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, under the great arches (24 on each of the four pillars).
• The names of 32 battles are engraved on the inner façades, 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, 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, five 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.

• Great arches
  96 battles.
• Small arches
  32 battles.
• Attic
  30 battles.
• Low reliefs
  16 battles.

Great arches

• Northern pillar: Siege of Lille – Battle of Höchstädt.
• Eastern pillar: Battle of Wertingen – Battle of Bautzen.
• Southern pillar: Battle of Loano – Siege of Gaeta.
• Western pillar: Battle of the Baztan Valley – Siege of Valencia.

The names of the 96 battles inscribed under the great arches

Small arches

• Northern pillar: Battle of Diersheim – Siege of Bergen op Zoom.
• Eastern pillar: Siege of Jaffa – Battle of Champaubert.
• Southern pillar: Battle of Verona – Siege of Mequinenza.
• Western pillar: Siege of Roses – Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro.

The names of the 32 battles inscribed under the small arches