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 | |
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Antoine Guillaume Delmas | |
Born | 3 January 1766 Argentat, Kingdom of France |
Died | 30 October 1813 47) Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony | (aged
Allegiance | Kingdom of France First French Republic First French Empire |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1781 - 1813 |
Rank | General of division |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars |
Memorials | Name 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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