Army of Germany (1797)

Not to be confused with La Grande Armée d'Allemagne or the German Army.
Army of the Rhine

A French fusilier carries his long muzzled musket. He wears a blue jacket and white shirt and trousers; his cartridge belt is strapped across his chest and he wears a tri-cornered hat with a red revolutionary cockade.

Fusilier of a French Revolutionary Army
Active 29 September 1797 – 9 December 1797
Country
Allegiance First Republic
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr

The Army of Germany (Armée d'Allemagne) was one of the French Revolutionary armies, formed by a decree of the French Directory dated 29 September 1797 (8 vendémiaire Year VI) by merging the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse and the Army of the Rhine and Moselle and commanded from the decree until 6 October by général Saint-Cyr under général Hoche. The decree was enacted between 7 and 20 October 1797, and from 7 October until 13 December the unit was under the command of général Augereau and deployed with the armée du Nord. Another decree of 9 December (19 frimaire year VI) that year, executed from 14 to 16 December, re-split this army into the Army_of_Mainz and Army of the Rhine.

Campaign

Further information: Campaigns of 1797 in the French Revolutionary Wars and Campaign of 1797

The 1797 campaign in the Rhineland concluded in April 1797, after French victories at Neuwied and Diersheim.[1]

As was typical of campaigns in the 1790s, armies typically entered garrisons over the winter months of November–March, reducing numbers of staff and troops, while the generals prepared for fresh campaigns in the spring. Austria signed the Treaty of Campo Formio in October,[2] ceding Belgium to France and recognizing French control of the Rhineland and much of Italy.[3]

Origins of the Army of Germany

Citations and notes

  1. ↑ Digby Smith, Napoleonic Wars Data Book, 1998, 13.
  2. ↑ Hannay 1911, p. 193.
  3. ↑ Holland 1911, Military triumphs under the Directory. Bonaparte.

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