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Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl fʁɑ̃swa dy peʁje dymuʁje], 26 January 1739 – 14 March 1823) was a French military officer, minister of Foreign Affairs, minister of War in a Girondin cabinet and army general during the French Revolutionary War.
Implication dans les affaires corses. Il quitte alors la France pour l'Italie, où il propose ses services à la république de Gênes qui mène une guerre en Corse, mais ils sont refusés. Il va trouver Pascal Paoli, chef de l'insurrection corse, qui le repousse également.
Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez (born Jan. 25, 1739, Cambrai, France—died March 14, 1823, Turville Park, Buckinghamshire, Eng.) was a French general who won signal victories for the French Revolution in 1792–93 and then traitorously deserted to the Austrians.
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Charles Francois Dumouriez (1739-1823) was a French military commander, famous for leading and then abandoning the national army during the Revolutionary War, eventually defecting to the Austrians. Dumouriez was educated in Paris before joining the army in 1757 and obtaining an officer’s commission.
Charles-Francois du Perier Dumouriez was born in the French town of Cambrai, the ancestral home of his family. It is significant for his revolutionary career that Cambrai was Flemish. Before 1678, in fact, it was part of the Spanish Netherlands. The Peace of Utrecht of 1713-14 transferred Belgian Flanders from Spanish to Austrian rule.
Learn about the life and achievements of Charles François Dumouriez, a French general who fought in the Seven Years War, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution. Discover how he rose to power, betrayed the revolution, and fled to England.
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Charles François Dumouriez (shärl fräNswä´ dümōō-rēā´), 1739–1823, French general in the French Revolutionary Wars. After fighting in the Seven Years War , he was employed by King Louis XV on several secret missions.
