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Primidi 1 Frimaire

Primidi 1 Frimaire, jour de la raiponce
rampion day

Calendrier Militaire

Year I

Army of the Ardennes.
Valence general-in-chief.
Capture of Namur by the French, who besiege the citadel defended by a 3,000-man garrison.

Year III

Army of Moselle.
Debrun, Huet, Peduchelle commanding officers.
More than 400 enemies are defeated in the Grunnevald forest, near Luxemburg, after a 7-hour fight; capture of 3 guns and 4 caissons; 30 enemies taken prisoners.

Year V

Army of Italy.
Buonaparte, general-in-chief.
Massena, Vaubois, division generals.
The enemy is repetitively attacked and repulsed from a position to the next; from Castel-Novo to Rivoli, la Corona, and along the Adige until Dolce; many casualties; 1,200 prisoners, including one colonel; capture of 4 cannons and 6 caissons.


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