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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ