Battle of Lodi
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The Battle of Lodi was fought on 10 May 1796 between French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and an Austrian rear guard led by Karl Philipp Sebottendorf at Lodi, Lombardy. The rear guard was defeated, but the main body of Johann Peter Beaulieu's Austrian Army had time to retreat.
General Bonaparte gives his orders, in The Battle of Lodi, by Louis-François, Baron Lejeune
The French passing the bridge, (Musée de la Révolution française).
After seizing the bridge over the Adda, the French defeated the Austrians and proceeded to occupy Milan
French Revolutionary Army
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The French Revolutionary Army was the French land force that fought the French Revolutionary Wars from 1792 to 1802. In the beginning, the French armies were characterised by their revolutionary fervour, their poor equipment and their great numbers. However, the French Revolutionary Army had become arguably the most powerful army in the world by the mid-1790s, as the French armies had become well-experienced and organized, enabling them to comfortably outfight their enemies.
French line grenadier during the Revolution
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a decisive victory for the French.
French Revolutionary général, officer d'infanterie legere and soldier of a demi-brigade de ligne.
French Republican soldiers