Service/branch Infantry, Cavalry Rank Divisional general | Years of service 1761–1792
1792–1793 Allegiances Kingdom of France, France | |
Born 18 July 1745
Guérande, France ( 1745-07-18 ) Commands held Army of the Interior
Army of the Coasts
Army of the Western Pyrenees Battles/wars Seven Years' War
Battle of Villinghausen (1761)
War of the First Coalition
Siege of Lille (1792)
Capture of Antwerp (1792)
War in the Vendée (1793)
War of the Pyrenees (1793)
Battle of the Bidassoa (1793) Died 6 October 1793, Dax, France | ||
Anne François Augustin de La Bourdonnaye (18 July 1745 – 6 October 1793) briefly commanded three armies during the early years of the War of the First Coalition. An aristocrat, he joined the French Royal Army as a cadet during the Seven Years' War and fought at Villinghausen. He rose through the ranks until he became a maréchal de camp (brigadier general) in 1788 and a lieutenant general in 1792. During the Valmy Campaign he was responsible for defending the northeast frontier. He led the short-lived Army of the Interior in September 1792 before taking charge of the Army of the Coasts for two and a half months in early 1793. He transferred to the Pyrenees front and became the interim commander of the Army of the Western Pyrenees in July 1793 before becoming ill and dying a few months later.