Antoine Nicolas Collier [SEP] date of death
Antoine Nicolas Collier
Antoine Nicolas Collier, Comte de La Marlière (3 December 1745 – 27 November 1793), was a French Army officer and Republican General during the Wars of the French Revolution. 
Career.
Collier became Comte de La Marlière on 22 July 1756 and was admitted into the Royal Military School as "Capitaine des levrettes". Promoted Lieutenant Colonel 6 February 1791, he was made Colonel of the 14th Infantry Regiment 5 February 1792, and Maréchal de camp 25 August 1792. 
La Marlière joined the
of the highest ranking generals, including the aged Nicolas Luckner, Jean Nicolas Houchard, Adam Philippe Custine, Arthur Dillon and Antoine Nicolas Collier, were killed. Francisco de Miranda's failure to take Maastricht landed him in La Force Prison for several years. Many of the old officer class had emigrated, forming émigré armies; the cavalry in particular suffered from their departure and the "Hussards du Saxe" and the "15éme Cavalerie (Royal Allemande)" regiments defected "en masse" to the Austrians. The artillery arm,