Antoine Guillaume Delmas

Antoine-Guillaume Maurailhac Delmas de La Coste Delmas (3 January 1766 – 30 October 1813) was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Delmas was killed at the Battle of Leipzig.

Antoine-Guillaume Maurailhac Delmas de La Coste Delmas
Antoine Guillaume Delmas
Born3 January 1766
Argentat, Kingdom of France
Died30 October 1813(1813-10-30) (aged 47)
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 First French Republic
 First French Empire
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1781 - 1813
RankGeneral of division
Battles/warsFrench Revolutionary Wars

Napoleonic Wars

MemorialsName inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Delmas was born in Argentat in the Kingdom of France on 3 January 1766. He was wounded at the Battle of Leipzig and later died on 30 October 1813 in Leipzig.

His name is inscribed on the east pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.

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