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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Army of the First Republic canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ