Battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe explained

The following is a list of the 158 battles inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris,^[1] ^[2] 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 of the monument, under the great arches (24 on each of the four pillars).
The names of 32 battles are engraved on the inner façades of the monument, 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 of the monument, 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 of the monument, 5 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).

Great arches

The names of the 96 battles inscribed under the great arches

Northern pillar	Eastern pillar	Southern pillar	Western pillar
•	•	•	•
LILLE	WERTINGEN	LOANO	LE BASTAN
HONDSCHOOTTE	GUNTZBOURG	MILLESIMO	LE BOULOU
WATTIGNIES	ELCHINGEN	DEGO	BURGOS
ARLON	DIERNSTEIN	MONDOVI	ESPINOSA
COURTRAI	HOLLABRUNN	ROVEREDO	TUDELA
TOURCOING	SAALFELD	BASSANO	UCLEZ
WEISSEMBOURG	HALLE	S^T GEORGES	LA COROGNE
•	•	•	•
MAESTRICHT	PRENTZLOW	MANTOUE	SARRAGOSSE
ALDENHOVEN	LUBECK	TAGLIAMENTO	VALLS
LANDAU	PULTUSK	SEDIMAN	MEDELLIN
NEUWIED	EYLAU	MONT THABOR	MARIA-BELCHITE
RASTADT	OSTROLENKA	CHEBREISSE	ALMONACID
ETLINGEN	DANTZIG	BASSIGNANO	OCANA
NERESHEIM	HEILSBERG	SAN GIULIANO	ALBA DE TORMÈS
BAMBERG	LANDSHUT	DIETIKON	VIQUE
AMBERG	ECKMULH	MUTTA THAL	LERIDA
FRIEDBERG	RATISBONNE	GENES	CIUDAD-RODRIGO
•	•	•	•
BIBERACH	RAAB	LE VAR	ALMEIDA
ALTENKIRCHEN	MOHILEW	MONTEBELLO	TORTOSE
SCHLIENGEN	SMOLENSKO	LE MINCIO	GEBORA
KEHL	VALONTINA	CALDIERO	BADAJOZ
ENGEN	POLOTZK	CASTEL FRANCO	TARRAGONE
MOESKIRCH	KRASNOÉ	RAGUSE	SAGONTE
HOCHSTETT	WURSCHEN	GAETE	VALENCE
•	•	•	•

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the northern pillar

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the eastern pillar

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the southern pillar

The names of the 8 battles inscribed on the inner façade of the western pillar

The names of the 30 battles inscribed on the shields of the attic

Avenue des Champs-Élysées
VALMY ・ JEMMAPES ・ FLEURUS ・ MONTENOTTE ・ LODI ・ CASTIGLIONE ・ ARCOLE ・ RIVOLI ・ LES PYRAMIDES ・ ABOUKIR ・ ALKMAER
Avenue de Wagram
ZURICH ・ HELIOPOLIS ・ MARENGO ・ HOHENLINDEN
Avenue de la Grande Armée
ULM ・ AUSTERLITZ ・ IENA ・ FRIEDLAND ・ SOMO SIERRA ・ ESLING ・ WAGRAM ・ MOSKOWA ・ LUTZEN ・ BAUTZEN ・ DRESDE
Avenue Kléber
HANAU ・ MONTMIRAIL ・ MONTEREAU ・ LIGNY

The names of the 16 battles inscribed on the tablets of the inner low reliefs

The names of the 5 battles represented in low relief on the outer façades

https://www.frenchempire.net/articles/arcbattles Battles on the Arc de Triomphe
https://web.archive.org/web/20050306125604/http://www.parisrama.com/thematiques/thematique_arcdetriomphe.htm Inscriptions on the Arc de Triomphe
The low relief on the right (facing the Avenue des Champs-Élysées) does not represent a battle, but the funeral of General Marceau.