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National Volunteers (France)
France, National Volunteers Guillaume Guillon Lethière (1799) Enlisting the volunteers Active 1791–1796 Country Kingdom of France (until 1792) French Republic (from 1792) Allegiance Louis XVI Branch French Royal Army (until 1792) French Revolutionary Army (from 1792) Nickname(s) 'Les Volontaires Nationaux' Motto(s) Honneur et Patrie Colors Red, White, and Blue Engagements French Revolutionary Wars War of the First Coalition During the upheaval of 1791, the young Kingdom of France (1791-1792), Constitutional Kingdom of France began a process of mobilisation, which would become known as a ''Levée en masse'' (Mass Levy) in a call for volunteers to defend the borders of France. With monarchist emigration growing and the King and his court preparing to flee, Article 14 of the law of 15 June 1791 passed making the mass levy official. The new law called for at least one unit be raised in each Departments of France, department and in each district for the national defence of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
