Jacques Bernard d'Anselme

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Jacques Bernard d'Anselme (22 July 1740, Apt - 17 September 1814, Paris) was a French general, notable as the first commander of the army of the Var. He became a knight of Saint Louis on 18 April 1770. His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.

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[edit] Life

[edit] Ancien Régime

[edit] French Revolutionary Wars

[edit] Sources

  • Pierre Larousse, Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 15 volumes, 1863-1890.
  • Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, 35 vol., 1773-1858.
  • Georges Six, Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire, 2 vol. 1934.
  • Appleton's Cyclopedia d'American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company 1887-1889
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