Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa "Grande Armée" a cikin 1804 daga "L'Armée des côtes de l'Océan" (Sojojin Tekun Tekun), rundunar sojoji 413,000 da Napoleon ya tara don mamayewar da aka shirya na Birtaniyya. Daga baya Napoleon ya tura sojojin a gabashin Turai don kawar da barazanar Austria da Rasha, waɗanda suke cikin Coalition na Uku da aka tara don yaƙi da Faransa. Daga nan, an yi amfani da sunan "Grande Armée" don babban rundunar sojojin Faransa da aka tura a yakin 1805 da 1807
, inda ya sami daraja, kuma a cikin 1809, 1812, da 1813<unk>14. A aikace, duk da haka, ana amfani da kalmar "Grande Armée" a Turanci don komawa ga dukkan sojojin da Napoleon ya tattara a yakin da ya yi.