COMMANDER // 1777–1809
Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais
brigadier generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1777 – 1809
Active service 1809 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 32.
Profile
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.
Battles (1)
1809
Battle of CacabelosPeninsular War · France