The Jourdan Law of 5 September 1798 (French: loi Jourdan-Delbrel) effectively institutionalised conscription in Revolutionary France, which began with...
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conscripts of the First World War. Conscription in France was based on the Jourdan-Delbrel law of 1798 which required a military obligation (not necessarily service...
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