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Born April 29, 1762 • Limoges • France
Died November 23, 1833 (aged 71) • Paris • France • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Role In Battle of Fleurus • Battle of Vitoria • French Revolutionary wars

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French general
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Claude Victor-Perrin, duke de Bellune
French general
Charles Pichegru, engraving, 1895.
Charles Pichegru
French general
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Armand-Louis de Gontaut, duke de Biron
French military commander
Barthélemy-Catherine Joubert
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François-Christophe Kellermann, portrait drawing by Jacques-Louis David; in the Musée de Besançon, France
François-Christophe Kellermann, duke de Valmy
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French general
Dominique-Catherine, marquis de Pérignon
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
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