1792 ⟶ Assembly Orders Army Units Away from Paris
July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whos...
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🛡️ Assembly Orders Military Discipline Reinstatement
August 16: The Assembly calls for the re-establishment of discipline in the army.⟶
French RevolutionArmyMilitaryDisciplineNational AssemblyOrderRevolutionary ArmyMilitary Reform1790
🛡️ Lafayette and Others Appointed Army Commanders
December 14: Lafayette receives command of one of the three new armies established to defend the French borders, the Army of the Centre, based at Metz. The other two armies are commanded by Rochambeau (Army of the North) and Nicolas Luckner (Army of the Rhine).⟶
French RevolutionMilitaryArmyCommandersLafayetteDefenseBordersMetzRochambeauLuckner
🛡️ Assembly Orders Army Units Away from Paris
July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whose officers largely support Lafayette, far outside the city.⟶
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⚔️ Assembly Orders Raising of New Army Battalions
May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.⟶
French RevolutionMilitaryArmyBattalionWarNational AssemblyDefense1792
⚔️ National Assembly Orders Army of Volunteers
June 8: The Assembly orders the raising of an army of twenty thousand volunteers to be camped outside Paris.⟶
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🛡️ Hoche's Army Approaches Paris, Violating Constitutional Limits
July 17: The army of Hoche arrives within three leagues (see also: Units of measurement in France before the French Revolution) of Paris, a violation of the Constitution. The royalist Councils protest.⟶
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