The Army of the Midi (''Armée du Midi'') was a unit of the French army, stationed in the
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region and created by royal decree of
Louis XVI
Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...
on 13 April 1792. The first leader of the army was
Jacques Bernard d'Anselme
Jacques Bernard Modeste d'Anselme (22 July 1740, Apt – 17 September 1814, Paris) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Army, notable as the first commander of the '' Army of the Var'' which soon became the '' Army of Italy''. He fell ...
.
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1792 establishments in France
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Military units and formations established in 1792
Military units and formations of the Peninsular War
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