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Soldiers of the French Revolution (1989) Forrest, Alan. Conscripts and Deserters: The Army and French Society during Revolution and the Empire (1989) excerpt and text search; Griffith, Paddy. The Art of War of Revolutionary France, 1789–1802 (1998) excerpt and text search; Hazen, Charles Downer – The French Revolution (2 vol 1932) 948 pages.
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette [a] (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20 May 1834), known in the United States as Lafayette [a] (/ ˌ l ɑː f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l æ f-/ LA(H)F-ee-ET), was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington ...
Pages in category "French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
With a coalition of enemy forces marching on Paris, the city's National Guard departed the city to join up with the French Revolutionary Army. The French victory at the Battle of Valmy later that month was a turning point in the conflict. The painting uses the tricolour as the central focus in celebration of patriotic devotion. [3] Visible in ...
The French Revolutionary Wars (French: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts resulting from the French Revolution that lasted from 1792 until 1802. They pitted France against Great Britain , Austria , Prussia , Russia , and several other countries.
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Savin (17 April 1768/13 July 1787? [1] – 29 November 1894) [2] was a French soldier and a claimed supercentenarian, although this cannot be verified.He claimed to be the last survivor of the French Revolutionary Wars of 1792–1802 and the last French officer of the Napoleonic Wars. [3]
Pages in category "French military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The oldest soldier of Europe: Born 6 September 1698 Orain, Burgundy, France: Died: 10 March 1807 (aged 108) Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France: Allegiance Kingdom of France Kingdom of the French French First Republic First French Empire: Service / branch: Infantry: Years of service: 17 September 1716 – 29 January 1792 (75 years, 4 months) [1]