 Of the members of the Army of the Rhine and Moselle , and its subsequent incarnations , Jourdan , de Soult , and Massena were among the first to be named as Marshals in Napoleon 's regime in 1804 . The army included five future Marshals of France : Jean @-@ Baptiste Jourdan , its commander @-@ in @-@ chief , Jean @-@ Baptiste Drouet , Laurent de Gouvion Saint @-@ Cyr , and Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier . François Joseph Lefebvre , by 1804 an old man , was named an honorary marshal , but not awarded a field position . Michel Ney , in the 1795 – 1799 campaigns an intrepid cavalry commander , came into his own command under the tutelage of Moreau and Massena in the south German and Swiss campaigns . Jean de Dieu Soult had served under Moreau and Massena , becoming the latter 's right @-@ hand man during the Swiss campaign of 1799 – 1800 . Jean Baptiste <unk> , like Ney , had been a competent and sometimes inspired regimental commander in 1796 . MacDonald , Oudinot and Gouvion Saint @-@ Cyr , participants in the 1796 campaign , all received honors in the third , fourth and fifth promotions ( 1809 , 1811 , 1812 ) . 
