This week's big question: What was the greatest innovation of the period?
Interested to see what you folks come up with on this - I imagine there will be some interesting contenders here.
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The Montgolfier balloon, used to gather aerial intelligence. Introduced to the French army during the time of the notorious Saint Just, first major success at Battle of Fleurus in 1794.