National Volunteers (France)
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national-volunteers-france-163-18410647
title:
National Volunteers (France)
text:
During the upheaval of 1791, the young Constitutional Kingdom of France began a process of mobilisation, which would become known as a Levée en masse in a call for volunteers to defend the borders of France. With monarchist emigration growing and the King and his court preparing to flee, Article 14 of the law of 15 June 1791 passed making the mass levy official. The new law called for at least one unit be raised in each department and in each district for the national defence of the territory. W
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Military unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Volunteers_(France)
date created:
2022-01-10T18:55:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:41:16Z
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