French Aerostatic Corps
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The French Aerostatic Corps or Company of Aeronauts was a unit of the French Revolutionary Army. The world's first manned aircraft unit, it was founded in 1794 to use balloons primarily for reconnaiss
An Aerostatic Corps balloon at the Battle of Fleurus
Coutelle in 1794.
The corps transporting the balloon to Fleurus.
Observations by the second company at the Battle of Mainz
Army of Sambre and Meuse
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The Army of Sambre and Meuse was a field army of the French Revolutionary Army. It was formed on 29 June 1794 by combining the Army of the Ardennes, the left wing of the Army of the Moselle and the ri
Fusilier of a French Revolutionary Army
The two principal French Armies of 1794 were formed from four smaller units, each contributing a portion of its troops to either the Sambre and Meuse or the Army of the Rhine and Moselle. The right flank of Army of the North remained in the Netherlands.
Soldiers of the Army of the Sambre and Meuse, from an 1870s illustration
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