Calendrier MilitaireYear II.
Army of the North, Ardennes, and Moselle.
Army of Eastern Pyrenees.
Army of Sambre and Meuse.
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the enemy, at the gates of Lernes, Marchiennes, Monceau and Souvret; the enemy flees and loses many troops. Year III.
Army of Alps and Italy.
Year IV.
Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
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Oddly enough, the text does not mention that, for the first time in a set-piece battle, a tethered balloon provided aerial reco. This was l'Entreprenant, crewed by Captain Coutelle. Balloon reco has already been used during the Maubeuge siege, but the posterity mainly remembers Fleurus, not Maubeuge.