The Army of Sambre and Meuse (French: Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse) was one of the armies of the French Revolution. It was formed on 29 June 1794 by combining...
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the French revolutionary Army of Sambre-and-Meuse under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the left wing of an Austrian army under the François Sebastien...
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resigned, and was replaced by Count Clerfayt. The Austrians held their position on the Meuse through August, as the Army of Sambre-and-Meuse awaited the...
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Jean-Baptiste Olivier (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
Jacques Desjardin and Louis Charbonnier fighting on the Sambre River. This new force would soon become known as the Army of Sambre and Meuse under Jourdan...
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Jourdan's Army of Sambre and Meuse convinced Charles to shift troops to the north, allowing Moreau to cross the Rhine at the Battle of Kehl on 24 June and defeated...
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Lazare Hoche (category People of the Irish Rebellion of 1798)
to the Rhine frontier as commander of the Army of Sambre and Meuse, where he defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Neuwied on 18 April 1797, though operations...
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French Army of Sambre and Meuse to retreat toward the Rhine. During July 1796, The French Army of Sambre and Meuse, and the Army of the Rhine and Moselle...
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Jean-Baptiste Kléber (category People of the War of the First Coalition)
served mostly in the Army of Sambre and Meuse on the Rhine frontier. In the winter of 1794–1795 he besieged Mainz. In 1795, and again in 1796, Kléber...
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Jacob Job Élie (section Storming of the Bastille)
participated in the Battle of Wattignies as part of the larger Army of the North. He was later transferred to the Army of Sambre and Meuse on 2 July 1794. While...
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(the head of navigation) and Charleville-Mézières into Belgium. At Namur it is joined by the Sambre. Beyond Namur the Meuse winds eastwards and passes Liège...
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