Military schools and courses of instruction in the science and art of war, / in France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia, England, and the United States. Drawn from recent official reports and documents. Revised Edition

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After each examination the jury retired into the inner cabinet, by a door opening to it from behind their seats.

[15] Founded the Ecole Royale Militaire, 1751. Junior pupils transferred to La Flèche, 1764.

Suppression of the Ecole Royale Militaire and establishment of ten Colleges, 1776.

New Ecole Royale Militaire, for the best pupils of the Colleges, 1777.

Suppression of the Colleges and of the Ecole Royale Militaire, 1787.

Foundation of the Ecole de Mars, May 1794.

Foundation of the Prytanée Français at Paris, Versailles, St. Germain, Fontainebleau, 1800.

Foundation of the Ecole Spéciale Militaire at Fountainebleau, 1803.

The four Schools of the Prytanée Français are converted into the Prytanée Militaire, 1806; and are transferred to La Flèche, 1808.

The Ecole Spéciale Militaire is transferred to St. Cyr, also in 1808.