Jean-François Joseph Debelle
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Jean-François Joseph Debelle (Voreppe
, Isère
, 22 May 1767 - Saint-Raphaël
, of yellow fever
, 15 June 1802) was a French general and soldier. He fought at the battle of Fleurus
(as a brevet général de brigade), headed the Armée d'Italie's artillery in its retreat to France after the battle of Novi, and participated in the Saint-Domingue expedition
, on which he died aged 34 of yellow fever. On 10 March his father was granted a pension of 1,500 francs, which passed to Debelle's widow on his death. Debelle's name is inscribed on the 6th column of the north pillar of the Arc de Triomphe
. He was a friend and brother-in-law to general Lazare Hoche
and the brother to general César Alexandre Debelle
.
Voreppe
Voreppe is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France....
, Isère
Isère
Isère is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region in the east of France named after the river Isère.- History :Isère is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Dauphiné...
, 22 May 1767 - Saint-Raphaël
Saint-Raphaël, Haiti
Saint-Raphaël is a city and municipality in Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement, Nord Department, Haiti. It is the seat of Saint-Raphaël Arrondissement....
, of yellow fever
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....
, 15 June 1802) was a French general and soldier. He fought at the battle of Fleurus
Battle of Fleurus (1794)
In the Battle of Fleurus on 26 June 1794, the army of the First French Republic under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan faced the Coalition Army commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg in the most decisive battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars...
(as a brevet général de brigade), headed the Armée d'Italie's artillery in its retreat to France after the battle of Novi, and participated in the Saint-Domingue expedition
Saint-Domingue expedition
The Saint-Domingue expedition was a French military expedition sent by Napoleon Bonaparte, then First Consul, under his brother-in-law Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc in an attempt to regain French control of the island of Saint-Domingue and curtail the measures of independence taken by the former...
, on which he died aged 34 of yellow fever. On 10 March his father was granted a pension of 1,500 francs, which passed to Debelle's widow on his death. Debelle's name is inscribed on the 6th column of the north pillar of the Arc de Triomphe
Arc de Triomphe
-The design:The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin , in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture . Major academic sculptors of France are represented in the sculpture of the Arc de Triomphe: Jean-Pierre Cortot; François Rude; Antoine Étex; James Pradier and Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire...
. He was a friend and brother-in-law to general Lazare Hoche
Lazare Hoche
Louis Lazare Hoche was a French soldier who rose to be general of the Revolutionary army.Born of poor parents near Versailles, he enlisted at sixteen as a private soldier in the Gardes Françaises...
and the brother to general César Alexandre Debelle
César Alexandre Debelle
César Alexandre Debelle was a French general. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe. His brother Jean-François Joseph Debelle was also a general.-Source:...
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