Awards Order of Saint Louis | Name Alexis Chalbos Commands held Army of the West Rank Divisional general | |
Battles/wars War in the Vendee
Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte (1793)
Second Battle of Chatillon (1793)
Battle of Cholet (1793)
Battle of Entrames (1793) Died March 17, 1803, Mainz, Germany Allegiance Kingdom of France, French First Republic Similar People Francois Joseph Westermann, Jean‑Nicolas Stofflet, Charles de Bonchamps, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Jean Baptiste Kleber | ||
Years of service 1751–1792
1792–1803 Service/branch French Revolutionary Army |
Alexis François Chalbos (6 March 1736 – 17 March 1803) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars.
In 1751, he joined the régiment de Normandie as a private. In June 1789 he was promoted to captain, then to general in 1793. He served especially in the War in the Vendée, for a short time succeeding Jean Léchelle as commander in chief of the Army of the West. He ended his career in command of the forces in the stronghold at Mainz.
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