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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Report from Mentz on March 11 details French army movements along the Rhine: troops marching to various points, wings positioned under generals St. Cyr, Duhem, and Dufour; overall command by Desaix under Moreau, with Sambre and Meuse army under Hoche; conference of ten generals at Alzey on the 7th. Generals Kray and Meyer head to Italy.
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Generals Kray and Meyer will likewise go to the army in Italy.
The French armies of the Sambre and Meuse and the Rhine and Moselle, begin to be in motion. French troops are defiling on all sides to Kaiserslautern, Spires, Bingen, Kreuznach, &c.
The left wing of the army of the Rhine has taken post in the vicinity of Kirckheim Bolanden, communicating with the army of the Sambre and Meuse. This left wing, which is commanded by Gen. St. Cyr, has been reinforced with two divisions.
The centre is posted near Landau, Germersheim, &c. and commanded by general Duhem.
The right wing, of which general Dufour has the command, extends from Lauterburgh to Huninguen.
General Desaix commands the whole army of the Rhine and Moselle, but under General Moreau, who directs in chief all the operations both of this army and of that of the Sambre and Meuse, which is under the command of general Hoche. On the 7th, ten French generals held a military conference at Alzey.
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Rhine
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March 11
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french armies in motion and reinforced; left wing reinforced with two divisions; military conference held on the 7th.
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French armies of the Sambre and Meuse and the Rhine and Moselle are mobilizing, with troops moving to Kaiserslautern, Spires, Bingen, Kreuznach, etc. The Rhine army's left wing under Gen. St. Cyr is near Kirckheim Bolanden, reinforced by two divisions; center under Duhem near Landau and Germersheim; right wing under Dufour from Lauterburgh to Huninguen. Desaix commands Rhine and Moselle army under Moreau, who oversees both it and the Sambre and Meuse army under Hoche. Ten French generals conferred at Alzey on the 7th. Generals Kray and Meyer will join the army in Italy.