Army of the Ardennes.
Valence, general-in-chief.
Capitulation of the citadel of Namur, after the
Austrian army under General Beaulieu was defeated;
the garrison is prisoner.
Army of the Rhine.
Desaix commanding officer.
Capture of the redoubt of the Landgraben bridge
and the Gambsheim fieldworks; important enemy losses.
Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
Saint-Cyr, division general, commanding officer.
Capture of the redoubt, known as Merlin's redoubt
before Mayence; capture of
4 guns, 2
howitzers; 600 enemies killed, 80 prisoners.
Férino, Abatucci, division generals.
The enemy, arrayed in three columns, attacks the
Huningue bridgehead and capture the half-moon;
it is expelled from it after a hard fight which
produces 2,000 enemy casualties and 100 prisoners.
11 Frimaire XIII Napoleon the First is crowned Emperor of the French.
11 Frimaire XIV Battle of Austerlitz: the French army crushes the Austro-Russian army.