French officer and hero of the Seven Years War in America. Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis.
Born in 1723 in Charlemont (Belgium). His father, Antoine, captain in the Regiment of Béarn, bought a ensign commission for him on November 27, 1733, when he was only 10 years old. He was promoted lieutenant on September 12, 1734 and five years later, on October 20, 1739, he became captain of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn. King Louis XV awarded him the Cross of Saint-Louis on February 21, 1747.
He was wounded slightly at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, on September 13, 1759. He received new wounds, these more serious, in a trench dug in front of the walls of Quebec, at the time of the siege carried out by Lévis, on May 12, 1760.
He died of his wounds on next May 21 and was buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes," became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.
Born in 1723 in Charlemont (Belgium). His father, Antoine, captain in the Regiment of Béarn, bought a ensign commission for him on November 27, 1733, when he was only 10 years old. He was promoted lieutenant on September 12, 1734 and five years later, on October 20, 1739, he became captain of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn. King Louis XV awarded him the Cross of Saint-Louis on February 21, 1747.
He was wounded slightly at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, on September 13, 1759. He received new wounds, these more serious, in a trench dug in front of the walls of Quebec, at the time of the siege carried out by Lévis, on May 12, 1760.
He died of his wounds on next May 21 and was buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes," became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.
French officer and hero of the Seven Years War in America. Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint-Louis.
Born in 1723 in Charlemont (Belgium). His father, Antoine, captain in the Regiment of Béarn, bought a ensign commission for him on November 27, 1733, when he was only 10 years old. He was promoted lieutenant on September 12, 1734 and five years later, on October 20, 1739, he became captain of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn. King Louis XV awarded him the Cross of Saint-Louis on February 21, 1747.
He was wounded slightly at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, on September 13, 1759. He received new wounds, these more serious, in a trench dug in front of the walls of Quebec, at the time of the siege carried out by Lévis, on May 12, 1760.
He died of his wounds on next May 21 and was buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes," became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.
Born in 1723 in Charlemont (Belgium). His father, Antoine, captain in the Regiment of Béarn, bought a ensign commission for him on November 27, 1733, when he was only 10 years old. He was promoted lieutenant on September 12, 1734 and five years later, on October 20, 1739, he became captain of a company of riflemen in the Regiment of Béarn. King Louis XV awarded him the Cross of Saint-Louis on February 21, 1747.
He was wounded slightly at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, on September 13, 1759. He received new wounds, these more serious, in a trench dug in front of the walls of Quebec, at the time of the siege carried out by Lévis, on May 12, 1760.
He died of his wounds on next May 21 and was buried in the cemetery of the General Hospital of Quebec from which a part, called "Cemetery of the Heroes," became in 2001 the Memorial of the Seven Years War.
Bio by: Guy Gagnon
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