Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse

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The Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse was a major French Revolutionary field army that operated primarily in the Low Countries and along the Rhine during the War of the First Coalition.

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Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse canonical 8
Army of Sambre-et-Meuse 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary army
field army
allegiance France
conflict War of the First Coalition
country French First Republic
crossedRiver Meuse
Rhine
Sambre
disbandmentDate 1797-09-29
disbandmentReason merged into Army of Germany
engagedInBattle Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
Battle of Limburg (1796)
Battle of Neuwied (1797)
Siege of Maastricht (1794)
engagedInCampaign 1794 Flanders campaign
1795 Rhine campaign
1796 Rhine campaign
formationDate 1794-06-29
formedFrom Army of the Ardennes
Army of the Moselle
Army of the North
gainedTerritoryFor French annexation of the Austrian Netherlands
garrisoned Cologne region
Mainz region
historicalEra French Revolution
languageOfCommand French
militaryBranch French Army
namedAfter River Meuse
linked to: Meuse

River Sambre
linked to: Sambre
notableCommander François Séverin Marceau
Jacques Maurice Hatry
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
Lazare Hoche
operationalArea Belgium
Left bank of the Rhine
Netherlands
partOf French Revolutionary Wars
primaryOpponents Coalition forces
Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire
Prussia
successor Army of Germany
theater Low Countries
Rhine front
usedTactics column and skirmisher tactics
mass conscription (levée en masse)

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French Aerostatic Corps subordinateTo Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Siege of Charleroi (1794) involves Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Sambre–Meuse campaign relatedFormation Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
French Revolutionary Army hasPart Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Jean-Baptiste Kléber servedIn Army of Sambre-et-Meuse
linked to: Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Siege of Maastricht (1794) besiegingForce Army of Sambre-et-Meuse
linked to: Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
French offensive operations of 1794 involvedMilitaryUnit Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Army of the Moselle mergedInto Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Army of the Moselle successor Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
Louis Lazare Hoche commanded Army of Sambre-et-Meuse
linked to: Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse