Editing War of the First Coalition (section)

==1797==
{{See also|Campaigns of 1797 in the French Revolutionary Wars|Italian Campaign of 1796–1797}}

===Battle of Mantua===
[[File:Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli.jpg|thumb|Napoleon at the [[Battle of Rivoli]], 14 January 1797. Oil painting by [[Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux]] (1844), [[Palace of Versailles]].]]
On 2 February Napoleon finally captured [[Mantua]],{{sfn|Hannay|1911|p=193}} with the Austrians surrendering 18,000 men. Archduke Charles of Austria was unable to stop Napoleon from invading the Tyrol, and the Austrian government sued for peace in April. At the same time, there was a new French invasion of Germany under Moreau and Hoche.{{sfn|Hannay|1911|p=193}}

===Invasion of Great Britain===
On 22 February, a French invasion force consisting of 1,400 troops from the ''[[La Legion Noire]]'' (The Black Legion) under the command of [[Irish American]] Colonel [[William Tate (soldier)|William Tate]] [[Battle of Fishguard|landed near Fishguard]] in [[Wales]]. They were met by a quickly assembled group of around 500 British [[military reserve force|reservists]], [[militia]] and sailors under the command of [[John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor]]. After brief clashes with the local civilian population and Lord Cawdor's forces on 23 February, Tate was forced into an [[unconditional surrender]] by 24 February. This would be the only battle fought on British soil during the Revolutionary Wars.

===Austrian peace===
Austria signed the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]] in October,{{sfn|Hannay|1911|p=193}} ceding Belgium to France and recognizing French control of the Rhineland and much of Italy.{{sfn|Holland|1911|loc=Military triumphs under the Directory. Bonaparte}} The ancient [[Republic of Venice]] was partitioned between Austria and France. This ended the War of the First Coalition, although Great Britain and France remained at war.