Alexis François Chalbos (6 March 1736 – 17 March 1803) was a French general of the

French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Prussia ...

. In 1751, he joined the régiment de Normandie as a private. In June 1789 he was promoted to captain, then to general in 1793. He served especially in the

War in the Vendée The war in the Vendée (french: link=no, Guerre de Vendée) was a counter-revolution from 1793 to 1796 in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution. The Vendée is a coastal region, located immediately south of the river Loir ...

, for a short time succeeding

Jean Léchelle Jean Léchelle or Jean L'Échelle (2 April 1760 – 11 November 1793) briefly commanded a French army during the French Revolutionary Wars. Having served in the French Royal Army as a youth, the outbreak of the French Revolution found him employed ...

as commander in chief of the Army of the West. He ended his career in command of the forces in the stronghold at Mainz.

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* * 1736 births 1803 deaths French generals Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars Republican military leaders of the War in the Vendée People from Lozère {{France-mil-bio-stub