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Armées of the French First Republic

  • Army of the InteriorOn the 4th of September 1792, Anne François Augustin de La Bourdonnaye established a new field army within the existing Army of the North and Army of the…
  • Army of EnglandOn the 26th of October 1797, the French Directory established a new military command called the Army of England. The goal was to gather troops for a planned…
  • Army of Italy (France)On the 27th of March 1796, General Napoleon Bonaparte arrived to find a starving force. The Army of Italy suffered from severe supply shortages that left…
  • Army of the West (France)On the 2nd of October 1793, a decree merged three separate coastal armies to create the Army of the West. The Army of the Coasts of La Rochelle joined forces…
  • Army of the North (France)On the 14th of December 1791, the government of the Kingdom of France appointed Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau, as its commander.