François Lanusse
François Lanusse | |
|---|---|
 General of Division François Lanusse | |
| Born | 3 November 1772 Habas, Landes |
| Died | 21 March 1801 (aged 28) Canope, Ottoman Egypt |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Years of service | 1792–1801 |
| Rank | Divisional-General |
| Battles / wars | French Revolutionary Wars |
Divisional-General François Lanusse (3 November 1772 – 21 March 1801) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars. He was killed at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801, during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria.[1][2] Lanusse was the general of the French army in the Battle of Mandora.
References
- ^ Charavay, Jacques (1893). Les généraux morts pour la patrie 1792-1871, Tome 1 (in French). Paris: Au Siége de la Société. pp. 92–93.
- ^ Six, Georges (1934). Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792-1814 - Tome 2 (in French). Paris: Librairie historique et nobiliaire. p. 55.