The Army of the Cherbourg coasts was a French Revolutionary Army

French Revolutionary Army

The French Revolutionary Army is the term used to refer to the military of France during the period between the fall of the ancien regime under Louis XVI in 1792 and the formation of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1804. These armies were characterised by their revolutionary...

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History

Formed by splitting the Army of the Coasts in April 1793, it was put under the command of Georges Félix de Wimpffen and charged with defending the coasts of Manche

Manche

Manche is a French department in Normandy named after La Manche , which is the French name for the English Channel.- History :Manche is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 against British invasion, and fighting against the federalist revolt in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

 and Caen

Caen

Caen is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the Calvados department and the capital of the Basse-Normandie region. It is located inland from the English Channel....

. However, Wimpffen went over to the Girondist

Girondist

The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution...

s and so was removed from this post and replaced after his final fall on 2 June that year by Charles Guillaume Sepher. In 1794 it was merged with the Army of the Coasts of Brest, under Lazare Hoche

Lazare Hoche

Louis Lazare Hoche was a French soldier who rose to be general of the Revolutionary army.Born of poor parents near Versailles, he enlisted at sixteen as a private soldier in the Gardes Françaises...

 then from May to November 1795 under Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet

Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet

Jean-Baptiste Annibal Aubert du Bayet was a French General and politician during the period of the French Revolution.Aubert du Bayet was born in Baton-Rouge in the French American colony of Louisiana in 1759...

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Members

• Gabriel Marie Joseph d'Hédouville as général de brigade
• Martin Jean François de Carrion de Loscondes