Army of the Ardennes

The armed with the Ardennes was created officially in October 1792 starting from the right wing of the Armée with North, ordered July in August 1792 by Fayette. It is the general Dumouriez which employed wrongly, during August, July and September, the name of army of the Ardennes to indicate the line of the army of North, camped under Sedan, and that of army of North to speak about the left of this army

Creation and changes

It was created by decree of the Convention of October 1st, 1792, and formed of the right wing of the Armée with North
Réorganisée by decree of the Executive council of March 1st, 1793, alone its right wing preserves the name of army of the Ardennes
By decree of the Executive council of October 5th, 1793 (11 vendémiaire year II), the 1st division is built-in the army of North
By decree of the Convention of June 29th, 1794 (11 messidor year II), it forms, with the left of the Armée with the Moselle and the line of the Armée with North, the Armée with Sambre-and-Meuse

Generals

from October 1st to December 29th, 1792: general Dumouriez, immediately the left with the higher command on the Armed with North

from October 6th to 24th, the line is at the disposal of the general Kellermann
from October 13rd to 20th, by interim the left: general Beurnonville
from October 25th to December 29th, line subordinately with Dumouriez: general Valence

from December 30th, 1792 to January 11th, 1793, by interim: general Valence
from January 12th to February 22nd, 1793, by interim: general Lanoue and general Leveneur, returning account with the general Miranda

general Lanoue: left, known as army of Belgium
general Leveneur: line, known as army of the Ardennes

from February 23rd to March 10th, 1793: general Valence, with the command higher on the army of North in the absence of Dumouriez
from March 11th to April 4th, 1793: general Dumouriez. The Valence general orders as a second until March 18th
from April 5th to 28th 1793: general Dampierre
from April 29th to July 28th, 1793: general Lamarche

from April 29th to May 7th, subordinately to the general Dampierre
from May 8th to 27th, independent by interim
from May 28th to July 16th, subordinately to the general Custine
from July 17th to 28th, subordinately to the general Kilmaine

from July 29th to August 10th, 1793, immediately: general Kilmaine
from August 11th to September 12th, 1793, immediately: general Houchard
from September 13rd to 23rd, subordinately, then supérieurement: general Jourdan
from November 4th to December 3rd, 1793, subordinately in Jourdan: general Ferrand
from December 4th, 1793 to February 3rd, 1794, subordinately in Jourdan and by interim: general Murat-Sistrières
from February 4th to June 2nd, 1794, subordinately to the general-in-chief of the army of North: general Coalman
from June 3rd to July 1st, subordinately to the general Pichegru: general Jourdan

Internal bonds

List of the armies of the Revolution
List of the generals of the Revolution and the First Empire

Sources

C. Clerget: Tables of the French Armies during the wars of the Revolution (Bookstore soldier 1905);

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