Antoine Guillaume Delmas
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Antoine-Guillaume Maurailhac Delmas de La Coste Delmas (3 January 1766 – 30 October 1813) was a French military officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Delmas was killed at the Battle of Leipzig.[1]
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Antoine-Guillaume Maurailhac Delmas de La Coste Delmas | |
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Born | 3 January 1766 Argentat, Kingdom of France |
Died | 30 October 1813(1813-10-30) (aged 47) Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony |
Allegiance | Kingdom of France First French Republic First French Empire |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1781 - 1813 |
Rank | General of division |
Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Memorials | Name inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe, Paris |
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Delmas was born in Argentat in the Kingdom of France on 3 January 1766. He was wounded at the Battle of Leipzig and later died on 30 October 1813 in Leipzig.[1]
His name is inscribed on the east pillar of the Arc de Triomphe.[1]