Commander-in-chief of the Armée d’Orient

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The Commander-in-chief of the Armée d’Orient was the top military leader of the French expeditionary force deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean, notably during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command position
military office
military rank
appliesTo Armée d’Orient
linked to: Army of the Orient
appointedBy French Directory
associatedCampaign Egyptian campaign (1798–1801)
Syrian campaign (1799)
associatedWithEvent Battle of the Pyramids
French invasion of Egypt
French occupation of Cairo
French retreat from Egypt
commandLevel army-level command
country French First Republic
endTime 1801
hasJurisdictionOver French expeditionary forces in Egypt
French expeditionary forces in the Levant
hasRole overall commander of French expeditionary forces in the Eastern Mediterranean
top military leader of the Armée d’Orient
historicalContext French Revolutionary era
historicalSignificance central role in projecting French power into the Eastern Mediterranean
linked to the spread of French influence and scientific missions in Egypt
languageOfTitle French
militaryBranch land forces
notableOfficeHolder Jacques-François Menou
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
Napoleon Bonaparte
notablyAssociatedWith French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign
originalTitle Commandant en chef de l’Armée d’Orient
partOf French Army
relatedForce Armée d’Orient
linked to: Army of the Orient
reportsTo French Directory
French government
responsibleFor coordination with French naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean
operational control of land forces in the Egyptian expedition
strategic command of the Armée d’Orient
scopeOfAuthority coordination of logistics
deployment of troops
negotiation of military capitulations
strategic planning
startTime 1798
theaterOfOperations Eastern Mediterranean
Egypt
Syria
timePeriod late 18th century
usedInConflict French Revolutionary Wars

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Jean-Baptiste Kléber positionHeld Commander-in-chief of the Armée d’Orient