The Army of Sambre and Meuse was one of the armies of the French
Revolution. It was formed on 29 June 1794 by combining the Army of the
Ardennes, the left wing of the Army of the Moselle and the right wing of
the Army of the North. After an inconclusive campaign in 1795, the
French planned a co-ordinated offensive in 1796 using Jean-Baptiste
Jourdan's Army of Sambre and Meuse and the Army of the Rhine and
Moselle, commanded by his superior, Jean Victor Moreau. This was
successful, as the French won a series of victories; the Army of Sambre
and Meuse maneuvered around northern Bavaria and Franconia, while the
Army of the Rhine and Moselle operated in Bavaria. Disputes internal to
the French forces prevented the two armies from uniting, giving the
Austrians time to unite their own forces and drive Jourdan's forces away
and eventually across the Rhine. On 29 September 1797, the Army of
Sambre and Meuse merged with the Army of the Rhine and Moselle to become
the Army of Germany.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Sambre_and_Meuse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1851:
The British East India Company inaugurated the Horsburgh
Lighthouse on the rocky outcrop of Pedra Branca, Singapore, which later
became the subject of a territorial dispute.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedra_Branca,_Singapore>
1917:
The Broadhurst Theatre opened in New York City with a
performance of Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadhurst_Theatre>
1975:
Two members of ETA political-military and three members of the
Revolutionary Antifascist Patriotic Front, sentenced to death for
murder, became the last people to be executed in Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_use_of_capital_punishment_in_Spain>
1983:
American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans
for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software
developed by the GNU Project.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
across the pond:
(informal) On or to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/across_the_pond>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Honor is like the eye, which cannot suffer the least impurity
without damage. It is a precious stone, the price of which is lessened
by a single flaw.
--Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jacques-B%C3%A9nigne_Bossuet>