Armée des Émigrés

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The Armée des Émigrés (English: Army of the Émigrés) were counter-revolutionary armies raised by French royalist émigrés with the aim of overthrowing the French First Republic and restoring the Kingdom of France. These were aided by royalist forces within France, such as the Chouans, and by allied countries such as Great Britain and Spain. They fought in numerous engagements during the French Revolutionary Wars, but were ultimately unable to challenge the French Revolutionary Army, though they their goal of the Bourbon Restoration in France was realized by Napoleon's downfall. They were formed from: Volunteers from the French nobility, descendants of the royal family, and other refugees who had fled France Troops raised by the refugees through covert subsidies from other European monarchies, or through their own means Units of the French Royal Army which had also emigrated, such as the Saxe Hussar Regiment and the Irish Brigade In 1802, First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte decreed a general...

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