War and Subsistence
The Sambre and Meuse Army in 1794
Peter Wetzler(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 31. December 1985
Book
Hardback
XXVI, 312 pages
978-0-8204-0155-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Sambre and Meuse Army was formed in the spring of 1794, when enemy forces occupied parts of France's northern border districts. Soon afterwards its role changed to one of conquest and occupation; along with the Northern Army on its left flank, the Sambre and Meuse Army overran most of Belgium in July 1794, and in the follow- ing autumn conquered the lands between the Meuse and the Rhine north of the Moselle. The purpose of this study is to describe and evaluate the efforts to provision the army during the first year of its existence--a time of dramatic change in the character of the war and of the revolutionary government, and a time when direct requisitioning and an elaborate system of price controls were relied on within France and at the fronts. Provisioning difficulties were serious enough to occasion a struggle over resources between France and the two northern-front armies, between the latter and the population of the occupied lands, and between the armies themselves. Under such conditions actual practices fell short of proclaimed humanitarian ideals.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-0155-3 (9780820401553)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Contents: The Formation of the Sambre and Meuse Army - Government-Military Relations after Fleurus - The Economic and Administrative Background of Occupation Policy - The Performance of the Sambre and Meuse Army's Supply Commissariat - Administrative Reorganization and the Winter Crisis.