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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.
Charles François du Perrier du Mouriez, souvent appelé Dumouriez, né le 27 janvier 1739 à Cambrai et mort le 14 mars 1823 à Turville-Park, près de Londres, est un officier français, général de la Révolution, particulièrement connu en raison de la victoire qu'il remporte aux côtés du général Kellermann le 20 septembre 1792 à Valmy face à l'armée ...
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.
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.
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.
Charles François Dumouriez was an important French military commander and politician in the early phases of the French Revolution and the War of the First Coalition, winning crucial victories at Valmy and Jemappes.
