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François Laroche
François Laroche, born on 5 January 1775 at Ruffec (Charente), was a French general of the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic wars.
Biography.
He joined the military as a lieutenant of the grenadier battalion of the Charente volunteers on 1 December1791. During the years 1792–1793, he served in the armies of the North and Sambre and Meuse. Promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1793, and to captain on 12 February. At the Arlon, he led a vigorous charge against an Austrian cavalry regiment,
("général de brigade")
- Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière ("général de division")
- François Laroche ("général de brigade")
- Antoine Laroche-Dubouscat ("général de division")
- François XII Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac et duc de Liancourt ("général de division")
- Philippe Ambroise Denis Laronde ("général de division")
- Jean Alexandre Durand de La Roque ("général de division")
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