Armée d'Angleterre
The Armée d'Angleterre (Army of England) was a force of revolutionary France , originally set up to invade the British Isles.
Lineup and changes
- On the 5th brumaire on VI (October 26th, 1797) the Directoire decided to raise a new army whose task would be the invasion of Great Britain . This list could not be completed by the end of December; by then it had only been possible to pull together 60,000 men.
To do this, the:
- Armée d'Italie (Italian Army) 40,000 men,
- Armée du Rhin (Rhine Army) 10,000 men,
- Armée de Mayence 10,000 men
submit.
Napoleon Bonaparte had been appointed commander in chief (Général en chef) . Général Desaix held interim command until the battle was fully operational . The headquarters of the army was Paris.
It consisted of:
- 13 e militaire division
- 14 e militaire division
- 15th e division militaire
- 16 e militaire division
- 24 e division militaire
The army was deployed on the Atlantic coast between Brest and Ostend , where it was distributed over a distance of 10 lieues (approx. 100 kilometers).
After the invasion plans were abandoned, the Territorial Divisions were withdrawn from the area on December 25, 1798 and placed under the Territorial General Command.
The army staff was transferred from Rouen to Rennes . The army was instructed in a new task. The task now was to fight the uprisings of the Chouannerie and the uprising of the Vendée in the western departments.
For this reason, on January 17, 1800, the name was changed to "Armée de l'Ouest" (Western Army).
Army commanders
- October 26, 1797 to April 12, 1798, Général Bonaparte. Since the installation could never be completed, the army headquarters remained in Paris.
- October 26, 1797 to March 27, 1798, provisional: Général Desaix
- March 27 to October 7, 1798, Général Kilmaine provisionally until the start of the Egyptian expedition (May 19) thereafter regular.
- May 19 to October 7, 1798: Général Kilmaine, who resided in Paris. The staff was in Rouen.
- October 8 to November 1, 1798: Général Moulin , while Général Kilmaine was absent
- November 2, 1798 to January 2, 1799: Général Kilmaine
- January 2 to June 22, 1799, provisional: Général Moulin
- June 23 to July 19, 1799, by intérim: Général Dembarrère
- July 20 to November 14, 1799, provisional: Général Michaud
- November 15, 1799 to January 16, 1800: Général Hédouville
literature
- Charles Clerget, Tableaux des armées françaises pendant les guerres de la Révolution , sous la direction de la section historique de l'état-major de l'armée, librairie militaire R. Chapelot, Paris, 1905.