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Quintidi 5 Brumaire

Quintidi 5 Brumaire, jour de l'oie
goose day

Calendrier Militaire

Year III.

Army of the North.
Pichegru, general-in-chief.
Capture of Hultz, Axel and Sas-de-Gand, their garrisons are taken prisoner.

Year V.

Army of Sambre and Meuse.
Ligniville, Poncet, Hardy, division generals.
Attack and capture of Saint Wendel, Kayserslautern, Kirchenpoland, Bingen and the Saint-Roch mountain, the enemy is pushed on all points and must

leave 4 camps; many enemy casualties, including 5 senior officers; 100 prisoners ; 1 cannon captured.

Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
The French cross the Rhine under the enemy's eyes, strongly entrenched on the river's opposite bank; the French elan sweeps all obstacles and conquers the Khel fort.


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