Jean-François Joseph Debelle

Jean-François Joseph Debelle (22 May 1767, in

Voreppe Voreppe () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).Isère – 15 June 1802, in Saint-Raphaël) was a French general and soldier. He fought at the Battle of Fleurus (as a brevet

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), headed the

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's artillery in its retreat to France after the Battle of Novi, and participated in the

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, on which he died aged 34 of yellow fever. On 10 March his father was granted a pension of 1,500 francs, which passed to Debelle's widow on his death. Debelle is one of the

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, on Column 6 of the north pillar. He was a friend and brother-in-law to general

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and the brother to general

César Alexandre Debelle César Alexandre Debelle (Voreppe Voreppe () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).1767 births 1802 deaths People from Voreppe French generals French Republican military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe Deaths from yellow fever {{France-mil-bio-stub