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André de Bellemontre (or André Bellemontre ), born the in Seurre (Côte-d’Or), died after , is a brigadier general of the French Revolution.

André de Bellemontre is native of Seurre in Burgundy [ first ] . His father, Louis Bellemontre is a prosecutor in this city and his mother is called Barbe Bossut [ 2 ] . He comes into service the , in artillery [ 3 ] , [ 2 ] to the Auxonne regiment [ 4 ] . He is appointed Lieutenant the [ 3 ] . It serves in the Geneva expedition in [ 4 ] .

At the beginning of the Revolution, he ended up in the Nancy affair in the artillery of the Marquis de Bouillé [ 4 ] , [ 5 ] . He becomes captain on [ 2 ] , [ 4 ] , [ 3 ] .

The , he is chief of staff in the northern army [ 4 ] , [ 6 ] , he was appointed battalion chief on , and brigade chief the [ 3 ] , At 3 It is artillery regiment on foot [ 7 ] . The , he is second in the artillery of the armies gathered from the North and the Ardennes under General Eblé [ 4 ] , [ 8 ] , [ 9 ] .

He is promoted general brigadier on [ 7 ] And stay in the northern army under Eblé [ 4 ] , [ 8 ] , [ first ] . He replaces General Songis there at the head of the artillery park [ ten ] . His physical condition makes general eblined that he “Is so broken, that barely he can make two leagues on horseback” (September 29, 1794) [ 11 ] . He is appointed commander of the city and the castle of Dieppe in . He then commands the Place de Belle-Isle-en-Mer and the Next, he takes command of the place of Dunkirk [ 4 ] .

He is reformed the [ 3 ] then admitted to retirement While he is in Metz [ 4 ] , [ 8 ] , [ 3 ] .

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  1. ↑ a et b Jean Gaumond « Note d’Histoire Bourguignone. Narcissus trullard », Republican Burgundy , , p. 5
  2. ↑ A B and C 1898 tap, p. 147.
  3. ↑ a b c d e and f Jouan 1915, p. 41.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h and 1 Six 1934, p. 77.
  5. ↑ Alfred from Besancenet and Elzéard Auguste Dommartin cousin , A royalist officer in the service of the Republic , , 237 p. ( read online ) , p. 41
  6. ↑ Maurice Fleury (comte) (Director), ” Diary of a volunteer », The historical & literary notebook: monthly review: retrospective and literary , Paris, vol. 2, , p. 514
  7. ↑ a et b 1898 tap, p. 148.
  8. ↑ A B and C (pl) ‘ André de Bellemontre» [ archive ] , on Napoleon.org.pl
  9. ↑ Michel Henri Marie Coutanceau and Henri Leplus , The 1794 campaign in the Northern Army Part1 , vol. 2, Paris, military bookstore R. Chapelot & C ie , , 637 p. , p. 217
  10. ↑ ‘ General Eblé (1758-1812) », Artillery review , Paris, Berger-Levrault & Cie, , p. 234-276
  11. ↑ Jouan 1915, p. 99.
  • Jean-François Eugène Faucet , Adolphe Robert and J. The Chaplain , “Bellemontre (André)” , In Historical and biographical dictionary of the Revolution and the Empire, 1789-1815, Volume 2 , Paris, historical bookstore of the Revolution and the Empire, , 900 p. ( read online ) , p. 147-148 .
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  • Georges Six ( pref. Commander André Lasseray), “Bellemontre (André de)” , In Biographical dictionary of French generals and admirals of the Revolution and Empire: 1792-1814 , vol.  1, Paris, Georges Saffroy, , 614 p. , p. 77
  • Louis Jouan , “(2) Bellemontre (André de)” , In The 1794-1795 campaign in the Netherlands , vol. I. The conquest of Belgium (May-July 1794), Paris, ( read online ) , p. 41 – This biographical notice mistakenly places the birth of General Bellemontre in Senne (Yonne) instead of Seurre (Côte d’Or)

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