COMMANDER // 1837–1918
Jacques Duchesne
divisional generalFrance1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1837 – 1918
Active service 1884 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 47.
Profile
General Jacques Charles René Achille Duchesne was a 19th-century French military officer. He was born at Sens and entered Saint-Cyr in 1855, aged 18, and became a lieutenant in 1861.
Battles (1)
1884
Battle of Yu OcSino-French War · France