Battle of Méribel

Overview

The Battle of Méribel was fought on 28 September 1793 at the village of Méribel, near Sallanches in the modern French department of Haute-Savoie, during the War of the First Coalition. The forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia were defeated by the French Revolutionary Army.

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Significance

The Battle of Méribel, fought near Sallanches in what is now the Haute-Savoie department, resulted in the defeat of Sardinian forces by the French Revolutionary Army. The engagement took place within the broader context of the War of the First Coalition, during which France faced a coalition of European powers seeking to contain the spread of revolutionary ideology and reverse French territorial ambitions. A Sardinian defeat in this Alpine theater would have contributed to French consolidation of the Savoyard region, which had been annexed by France in 1792. Beyond these general observations, the record does not preserve the scale, commanders, or wider operational consequences of this action.