COMMANDER // 1740–1817
Jean-Baptiste de Canclaux
Lifespan
1740 – 1817
Active service 1793–1795 — 3 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 53.
Profile
Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux was a French army commander during the French Revolution and a Peer of France. He joined a cavalry regiment the French Royal Army in 1756 and fought at Minden in the Seven Years' War. He attained the rank of maréchal de camp in 1788 and lieutenant general in 1792. He commanded the Army of the Coasts of Brest from May until October 1793 fighting several actions during the War in the Vendée. Replaced for political reasons, he led the Army of the West in 1794–1795. He held interior posts during the rest of the French Revolutionary Wars and under the First French Empire of Napoleon.
Battles (3)
1793
Battle of NantesWar in the Vendée · French Republic
1793
Battle of TiffaugesWar in the Vendée · Republicans
1795
Invasion of FranceWar of the First Coalition · French Republic