One of the

French Revolutionary armies The French Revolutionary Army (french: Armée révolutionnaire française) was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1804. These armies were characterised by their revolutionary fervour, their poor equipment ...

, the Army of the

Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...

(''Armée des Pyrénées'') was created by a decree of the

National Convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...

dated 1 October 1792 and formed out of the right wing of the Armée du Midi. At the outbreak of the

War of the Pyrenees The War of the Pyrenees, also known as War of Roussillon or War of the Convention, was the Pyrenean front of the First Coalition's war against the First French Republic. It pitted Revolutionary France against the kingdoms of Spain and Portuga ...

with the

Kingdom of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

, a decree of 30 April 1793 separated the Armée des Pyrénées into the

Army of the eastern Pyrenees The Army of the Eastern Pyrenees (''Armée des Pyrénées Orientales'') was one of the French Revolutionary armies. It fought against the Kingdom of Spain in Roussillon, the Cerdanya and Catalonia during the War of the Pyrenees. This army and th ...

(''Armée des Pyrénées orientales'') and the Army of the western Pyrenees (''Armée des Pyrénées occidentales'').

Commanders

* General Joseph Servan de Gerbey, 3 October 1792 – 16 February 1793 * General Louis Dubouquet, 17 February - 4 April 1793 (interim) * General Servan de Gerbey, 5 April 1793 – 30 April 1793 ** General Mathieu Henri Marchant de La Houlière, from 17 April commander of the eastern division, committed suicide shortly after the loss of

Céret Céret (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Geography The town lies in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southern France. ...

on 20 AprilPrats, ''Ceret'' ** General Claude Souchon de Chameron, 25 April (provisional)

Notes

Sources

''La Prise de Ceret par le Comte de la Union'' by Bernard Prats in French
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