A Marshal of the French Army, he was in sympathy with the French Revolution and was commander of the northern army.
A Marshal of the French Army, he was in sympathy with the French Revolution and was commander of the northern army. Upset with the revolutionaries, he retired in July 1792 and was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror but was saved from the guillotine by the fall of Robespierre. In 1803 Napoleon sent him to Haiti where they were defeated by the slave revolt of Toussaint L'Overture. However, his greatest success was also achieved in the new world. FTP, identify this French General, who in 1781along with George Washington, accepted the surrender of Cornwalis at Yorktown.
A Marshal of the French Army, he was in sympathy with the French Revolution and was commander of the northern army.
Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de {Rochambeau}