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COMMANDER // 1777–1809

Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

brigadier generalFrance1 battle1 war

Lifespan

17771809

178017851790179518001805Peninsular War · 1808-1814Battle of Cacabelos — January 3, 1809 · France · Peninsular War

Active service 18091 battle across 1 war; first command at age 32.

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Brigade-General Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He became a general officer of cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars and fought in several major battles under Emperor Napoleon from 1805 to 1807. He was killed by a long-range shot fired by the British Army soldier Thomas Plunket at the Battle of Cacabelos in 1809.

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Battles (1)

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