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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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