Émigré armies of the French Revolutionary Wars
| Armée des Émigrés Army of the Émigrés |
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Armée des Émigrés at the Battle of Quiberon.
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| Active | 1792–1814 |
| Country |
 France
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| Allegiance |
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| Size | 20,000 |
| Motto(s) |
Montjoie Saint Denis! ("Mountjoy Saint Denis!") |
| Colors | White |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Louis Joseph |
| Insignia | |
| Royal Banner |  |
House of Bourbon
Allies:
The Armée des Émigrés (English: Army of the Émigrés), were counter-revolutionary armies raised outside France by and out of Royalist Émigrés, with the aim of overthrowing the French Revolution, reconquering France and restoring the monarchy. These were aided by royalist armies within France itself, such as the Chouans, and by allied countries such as Great Britain. They fought, for example, at the sieges of Lyon and Toulon.
They were formed from:
Even Napoleon I said of them "True, they are paid by our enemies, but they were or should have been bound to the cause of their King. France gave death to their action, and tears to their courage. All devotion is heroic".
Raised in Germany in 1792, at Trier, and commanded by marshals de Broglie and de Castries, under the aegis of Louis XVI's brothers, the comte de Provence and duc d'Artois. 10,000 strong, it returned to France beside the army of Brunswick and was dismissed on 24 November 1792, two months after the French victory at Valmy.
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