Alexis Chalbos
French general
- War in the Vendée
- Battle of Fontenay-le-Comte (1793)
- Second Battle of Châtillon (1793)
- Battle of Cholet (1793)
- Battle of Entrames (1793)
Alexis François Chalbos (6 March 1736 – 17 March 1803) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars.
In 1751, he joined the régiment de Normandie as a private. In June 1789 he was promoted to captain, then to general in 1793. He served especially in the War in the Vendée, for a short time succeeding Jean Léchelle as commander in chief of the Army of the West. He ended his career in command of the forces in the stronghold at Mainz.
Sources
- Clerget, Charles (1905). Tableaux des Armées Françaises pendant les Guerres de la Révolution. Paris: Librarie Militaire R. Chapelot et Cie. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- Michelet, Jules. Histoire de la Révolution française. Vol. 1. ISBN 2-221-08884-0.
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Preceded by | Provisional Commander-in-chief of the Army of the West 28 October–15 November 1793 | Succeeded by Jean Antoine Rossignol |
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