commander-in-chief of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse

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The commander-in-chief of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse was the top military leader of a major French Revolutionary field army that operated primarily along the Sambre and Meuse rivers against coalition forces.

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instanceOf military office
military rank
position of authority
abolishedWith reorganization of French Revolutionary armies
appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic
associatedWith Battle of Fleurus (1794)
campaigns along the Rhine
campaigns in the Austrian Netherlands
commandedForces artillery
cavalry
infantry
commandedUnitType field army
conflict French Revolutionary Wars
country French First Republic
establishedInPeriod 1790s
formedPartOf French Republican command structure
geographicFocus present-day Belgium
present-day Netherlands
western Germany
hasCharacteristic politically supervised by representatives on mission
subject to revolutionary political control
hasHolder Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
Jean-Baptiste Kléber
other French Revolutionary generals
hierarchicalLevel top field command
languageOfWorkOrName French
militaryBranch French Army
operationalTheater Meuse River region
linked to: Meuse region

Sambre River region
opposedTo First Coalition forces
linked to: First Coalition

Habsburg Monarchy
Holy Roman Empire forces
partOf Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
primaryObjective defeat coalition forces along the Sambre and Meuse
secure French frontiers in the northeast
reportsTo French Committee of Public Safety
French Minister of War
responsibleFor operational command of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
overall strategy of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
tactical direction of major campaigns
role supreme commander of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse
selectionMethod appointment by French revolutionary authorities
timePeriod French Revolutionary period
typicalRank général en chef
usedBy French Revolutionary Army

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Lazare Hoche positionHeld commander-in-chief of the Army of the Sambre-et-Meuse