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: noblemen volunteers, either descendants of the ancient royal family or not, who had fled France troops raised by these nobles through subsidies from other European monarchies, or through their own means units of the French army which had also emigrated, such as the Régiment de Saxe Hussards 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". 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, decreed a general amnesty for all but around a thousand of the Émigrés, with the exception of commanders and those who held ranks in armies hostile to the French Republic. Main units Armée de Condé Régiment de Mortemart Armée des Princes 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. Armée de Bourbon Other units Légion des Pyrénées Creation: 1794 Also known as: Légion royale des Pyrénées in May Founder: Marquis de Saint-Simon Commander: Marquis de Saint-Simon Size: 600 infantrymen and a squadron of hussars Theatre of operations: Pyrénées-Atlantiques Engagements: Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry (26 April 1794), heavy losses (17 prisoners guillotined); montagnes d’Arquinzun (10 July), heavy losses (30 to 50% of its effective strength); Port-Bidassoa (24 July), heavy losses covering the Spanish retreat (50 captured); Siege of Pamplona (November). Operated within the Spanish army of Navarre Sent to the front in 1795, then integrated into the Régiment de Bourbon Légion de Panetier Creation: 1793 Also known as: Légion de la Reine (d'Espagne) in June 1794 Founder: Comte de Panetier (died January 1794) Commander: Comte de Panetier, then Général de Santa-Clara Size: 400; brought up to strength in June 1794 by