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dated 29 September 1797 (8 vendémiaire Year VI) by merging the

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and the

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and commanded from the decree until 6 October by général Saint-Cyr under général Hoche. The decree was enacted between 7 and 20 October 1797, and from 7 October until 13 December the unit was under the command of général Augereau and deployed with the

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. Another decree of 9 December (19 frimaire year VI) that year, executed from 14 to 16 December, re-split this army into the Army of Mainz and

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Campaign

The 1797 campaign in the Rhineland concluded in April 1797, after French victories at

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and Diersheim. Digby Smith, Napoleonic Wars Data Book, 1998, 13. As was typical of campaigns in the 1790s, armies typically entered garrisons over the winter months of November–March, reducing numbers of staff and troops, while the generals prepared for fresh campaigns in the spring. Austria signed the

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in October, ceding Belgium to France and recognizing French control of the Rhineland and much of Italy.

Citations and notes

Sources

* * * C. Clerget: ''Tableaux des armées françaises pendant les guerres de Révolution'' (Librairie militaire 1905); {{DEFAULTSORT:Army Of Germany (1797)

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