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Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux

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French general (1740-1817)

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Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux was a French army commander during the French Revolution and a Peer of France. He joined a cavalry regiment the French Royal Army in 1756 and fought at Minden in the Seven Years' War. He attained the rank of maréchal de camp in 1788 and lieutenant general in 1792.

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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Louis
list of names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe

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Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux was a French army commander during the French Revolution and a Peer of France. He joined a cavalry regiment the French Royal Army in 1756 and fought at Minden in the Seven Years' War. He attained the rank of maréchal de camp in 1788 and lieutenant general in 1792. He commanded the Army of the Coasts of Brest from May until October 1793 fighting several actions during the War in the Vendée. Replaced for political reasons, he led the Army of the West in 1794-1795. He held interior posts during the rest of the French Revolutionary Wars and under the First French Empire of Napoleon.

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Lived 1740 to 1817 · aged 77
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