The Armée des émigrés (
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: ''Army of the Émigrés'') were
counter-revolutionary
A counter-revolutionary or an anti-revolutionary is anyone who opposes or resists a revolution, particularly one who acts after a revolution in order to try to overturn it or reverse its course, in full or in part. The adjective "counter-revolut ...
armies raised outside France by and out of
royalist
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émigré
An ''émigré'' () is a person who has emigrated, often with a connotation of political or social self- exile. The word is the past participle of the French ''émigrer'', "to emigrate".
French Huguenots
Many French Huguenots fled France follow ...
s, with the aim of overthrowing the
French Revolution
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, reconquering France and restoring
the monarchy. These were aided by royalist armies within France itself, such as the
Chouan
Chouan ("the silent one", or "owl") is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Part ...
s, and by allied countries such as
Great Britain
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. They fought, for example, at the
sieges of Lyon and
Toulon
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