 Grande Armée yakaumbwa muna 1804 kubva kuLArmée des côtes de lOcéan Mauto eOcean Coasts, uto revarwi 413.000 iro Napoleon akanga aunganidza nokuda kwokupinda kweBritain kwakanga kwakarongwa. Gare gare Napoleon akaendesa uto rake kumabvazuva kweEurope kuti abvise tyisidziro yeAustria neRussia, idzo dzakanga dziri rutivi rweTatu yeZvisungovakaungana vachirwa neFrance. Pashure pacho, zita rokuti Grande Armée rakashandiswa nokuda kweuto guru reFrance rakagoverwa mumishandirapamwe ya 1805 na 1807, apo rakawana mukurumbira waro, uye muna 1809, 1812, uye 181314. Zvisinei, chaizvoizvo, shoko rokuti Grande Armée rinoshandiswa muchiNgezi kureva mauto ose emarudzi akawanda akaunganidzwa naNapoleon mukurwisa kwake. 