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Primidi 11 Vendémiaire

Primidi 11 Vendémiaire, jour de la pomme de terre
potato day

Calendrier Militaire

Year II.

Army of the Alps.
Prisy, commanding officer.
The Valmenyer post is stormed by a bayonet charge; capture of 2 cannons, many tents, much gear and ammunition; 60 enemies killed, 80 prisoners.

Saint-André, Chamberlhac, commanding officers,
They storm the Beaufort post.

Kellerman, general-in-chief.
Capture of Moutiers and Bourg St. Maurice; the enemy is pushed from the Mont-Blanc territory.

Ledoyen, commanding officer.
The important post at Col-de-la-Madeleine

is stormed; many enemies killed or prisoners.

Year III.

Army of Sambre and Meuse.
Jourdan, general-in-chief.
Battle of Aldenhoven, the coalised troops rout is complete; 5,000 casualties.

Year V.

Army of the Rhine and Moselle.
Moreau, general-in-chief.
Desaix, Saint-Cyr, division generals.
The enemy, attacked everywhere, routs completely; many casualties, 5,000 prisoners, including 65 officers; capture of several flags and 20 guns.


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