Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux


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 marchal 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 Vende. Replaced for political reasons, he led the Army of the West in 17941795. He held interior posts during the rest of the French Revolutionary Wars and under the First French Empire of Napoleon.

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