Philippe Henri, comte de Grimoard (1753–1815) was a French soldier and military writer.
He entered the royal army at the age of sixteen, and in 1775 published his ''Essai théorique et practique sur les batailles''. Shortly afterwards
Louis XVI
Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...
placed him in his own military cabinet and employed him especially in connection with schemes of army reform. By the start of the
Revolution
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
he had become one of Louis's most valued counsellors, in political as well as military matters, and was marked out, though only a colonel, as the next Minister of War.
In 1791 Grimoard was entrusted with the preparation of the scheme of defence for France, which proved two years later of great assistance to the
Committee of Public Safety. The events of 1792 put an end to his military career, and the remainder of his life was spent in writing military books.
The following works by him, besides his first essay, have retained some importance:
*''Histoire des dernières campagnes de Turenne'' (Paris, 1780)
*''Lettres et mémoires de
Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675), commonly known as Turenne , was a French general and one of only six Marshals to have been promoted Marshal General of France. The most illustrious member of the ...
'' (Paris, 1780)
*''Troupes legeres et leur emploi'' (Paris, 1782)
*''Conquétes de Gustave-Adolphe'' (Stockholm and Neufchatel, 1782–1791)
*''Memoires de Gustave-Adolphe'' (Paris, 1790)
*''Correspondence of Marshal Richelieu'' (Paris, 1789)
*''St Germain'' (1789)
*''cand Bernis'' (1790)
*''Vie et régne de Frédéric le Grand'' (London, 1788)
*''Lettres et mémoires du maréchal de
Saxe (Paris, 1794)
*''L'Expédition de Minorque en 1756'' (Paris, 1798)
*''Recherches sur la force de l'armée française depuis Henri IV jusqu'en 1805'' (Paris, 1806)
*''Mémoires du maréchal de Tess'' (Paris, 1806)
*''Lettres de Bolingbroke'' (Paris, 1808)
*''Traité sur le service d'état-major'' (Paris, 1809)
*(with
Servan) ''Tableau historique de la guerre de la Revolution 1792-1794'' (Paris, 1808).
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1753 births
1815 deaths
French Army soldiers
French military writers
French male non-fiction writers