Christophe Ossvald
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Christophe Ossvald was a general of brigade (1794) in the French Revolutionary Wars
. He was born 25 March 1737, and was named chef de brigade of the 10th Regiment of Cuirassiers on 21 March 1794. He participated in the invasion of southwestern Germany and Switzerland with the Army of the Danube
in 1799, in which he was assigned to the Artillery Park, under command of Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière
.
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...
. He was born 25 March 1737, and was named chef de brigade of the 10th Regiment of Cuirassiers on 21 March 1794. He participated in the invasion of southwestern Germany and Switzerland with the Army of the Danube
Army of the Danube
The Army of the Danube was a field army of the French Directory in the 1799 southwestern campaign in the Upper Danube valley. It was formed on 2 March 1799 by the simple expedient of renaming the Army of Observation, which had been observing Austrian movements on the border between First...
in 1799, in which he was assigned to the Artillery Park, under command of Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière
Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière
Jean Ambroise Baston de Lariboisière, also Count de Lariboisière, was a general of artillery of the First French Empire. He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars and died of fatigue at Königsberg in East Prussia on 21 December 1812, during the Grand Army's retreat from...
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