Army of the Rhine

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French Revolutionary army field army

The Army of the Rhine was a major French Revolutionary and Napoleonic field army that operated along the Rhine frontier against various European coalitions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Army of the Moselle 1
French army of the Rhine 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary army ⓘ
field army ⓘ
allegiance First French Empire ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
associatedWith Army of Germany ⓘ
Army of the Danube ⓘ
Army of the Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Army of the Moselle
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country France ⓘ
engagedAgainst Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
Various German states ⓘ
engagementType land warfare ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (Rhine)
languageOfCommand French ⓘ
notableCommander Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ⓘ
surface form: Jean‑Baptiste Jourdan

Jean Victor Marie Moreau ⓘ
surface form: Jean‑Victor Moreau

Lazare Hoche ⓘ
Louis Desaix ⓘ
operatedAgainst First Coalition ⓘ
Second Coalition ⓘ
operatedIn Rhine frontier ⓘ
partOf French Army ⓘ
role defense of the French eastern frontier ⓘ
offensive operations across the Rhine ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Lower Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod French Revolutionary era ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army of the Rhine → associatedWith → Army of the Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army of the Moselle
Louis Desaix → associatedWith → Army of the Rhine ⓘ
Battle of Lutterberg (1758) → combatantSide → Army of the Rhine ⓘ
this entity surface form: French army of the Rhine
Alexandre de Beauharnais → commanded → Army of the Rhine ⓘ
Battle of Hohenlinden → notableUnit → Army of the Rhine ⓘ