Krieg Gegen die französische Revolution, 1792–1797 is one of the most comprehensive official histories of Austria's military campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. Compiled by the Historical Section of the Imperial and Royal War Archives (K. u. K. Kriegsarchiv) and published between 1905 and 1938, this monumental series draws extensively upon original field reports, official correspondence, operational orders, maps, and other authentic archival sources to provide an authoritative account of the conflict from the Austrian perspective.
Beginning with the outbreak of war in 1792, the series chronicles the campaigns fought by the armies of Austria and its coalition allies against Revolutionary France across the Rhineland, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and beyond. Each volume presents detailed analyses of military operations, strategic planning, battlefield tactics, logistics, command decisions, and diplomatic developments, accompanied by meticulously researched maps, orders of battle, and organizational data.
Prepared by the professional historians of the Imperial and Royal War Archives, this work remains the definitive official Austrian history of the Revolutionary Wars. Its careful use of primary source material makes it an indispensable reference for historians, military scholars, genealogists, reenactors, and students of eighteenth-century warfare. Rich in operational detail and supported by extensive archival documentation, Krieg Gegen die französische Revolution, 1792–1797 stands as one of the most important military histories ever produced on the wars that transformed Europe and laid the foundations for the Napoleonic era.
