Army of the First Republic

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The Army of the First Republic was the revolutionary French military force that emerged after 1789, laying the foundations for the mass conscript armies later refined under Napoleon.

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instanceOf army
military force
allegiance French First Republic
basedOn revolutionary principles of citizenship and duty
conflict War of the First Coalition
War of the Second Coalition
country France
doctrine offensive à outrance (offensive spirit)
endTime 1799
equipment field artillery
smoothbore muskets
establishedAsResultOf French Revolution of 1789
linked to: French Revolution
followedBy Grande Armée
garrisonLocation Paris
governmentForm republican government control
hasPart Army of Italy
Army of the Alps
Army of the North
Army of the Pyrenees
Army of the Rhine
historicalPeriod French Revolution
historicalRegion Western Europe
ideology French Revolution
influenced Napoleonic armies
linked to: Grande Armée
introduced large-scale citizen conscript armies
language French
militaryBranch French Revolutionary Army
notableCommander André Masséna
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Lazare Carnot
Napoleon Bonaparte
notableFor laying foundations of modern conscript armies
transition from professional royal army to mass national army
operatedBy French First Republic
partOf French Revolutionary Wars
precededBy Royal French Army
linked to: French royal forces
recruitment universal male conscription (in principle)
significantBattle Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Battle of Jemappes
Battle of Valmy
Italian campaign of 1796–1797
startTime 1792
used levée en masse
linked to: Levée en masse

mass conscription

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Grande Armée predecessor Army of the First Republic